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Gloria Oladipo

Five jury members who sentenced Texas woman to death call for new trial

Melissa Lucio and her children.
Melissa Lucio and her children. Photograph: The Guardian

Nearly half the jury members who sentenced a Texas woman to death for the murder of her young child in 2007 are asking for her execution to be halted and for her to receive a new trial.

Five of the 12 jurors who sentenced 52-year-old Melissa Lucio of Cameron county to death for killing her two-year-old daughter, along with one alternate jury member, have questioned their original decision and asked for a new trial, reports the Associated Press.

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