early half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial. Here’s what to know as Lucio’s execution approaches.
Lucio’s attorneys say her capital murder conviction was based on an unreliable and coerced confession that was the result of relentless questioning and her long history of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. They say Lucio wasn’t allowed to present evidence questioning the validity of her confession.
“I knew that what I was accused of doing was not true. My children have always been my world and although my choices in life were not good I would have never hurt any of my children in such a way,” Lucio wrote in a letter to Texas lawmakers. to 13 years in federal prison for a bribery scheme related to offering favorable prosecutorial decisions.More than half the members of the Texas House and Senate have asked that her execution be halted. A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers to Gatesville, where the state houses female death row inmates, and prayed with Lucio.
Lucio’s family and supporters have been traveling throughout Texas and holding rallies and screenings of a 2020 documentary about her case, “The State of Texas vs. Melissa.”Appeals seeking to stop Lucio’s execution are pending in state and federal courts.
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