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Melissa Elizabeth Lucio (born June 18, 1969) is the first woman of Latino descent to be sentenced to death in the U.S. state of Texas.She was convicted of capital murder after the death of her two-year-old daughter, Mariah, who was found to have scattered bruising in various stages of healing, as well as injuries to her head and contusions of the kidneys, lungs and spinal cord.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Melissa Lucio on Monday, April 25, only two days before she was scheduled to be put to death.In 2008, Lucio was convicted of killing her ...
A Texas mother convicted of murdering her 2-year-old child has been granted a stay of execution just two days before she was scheduled to die. Melissa Lucio, 53, was sentenced to die by lethal ...
The child's mother, Melissa Lucio, was arrested and convicted of murder due to evidence of abuse. [2] A 2011 appeal against the conviction was denied. [ 3 ] However, due to trial court interference in the accused's right to present a defense, the sentence was unanimously overturned in 2019 by a three-judge panel of the Federal Appeals Court . [ 4 ]
Melissa Lucio was granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday, just two days before she was scheduled to be put to death on a capital murder conviction. The ruling ...
The Lucio case gained renewed attention after Kim Kardashian became involved in April 2022, using her platform to advocate for clemency as her execution date of April 27 got near.
A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter ...
The board could recommend commuting Lucio's sentence, grant a 120-day reprieve to give more time for the courts to decide Lucio's fate or uphold Wednesday's execution. If the date does stand ...