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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander,Rachel Sharp and Justin Vallejo

Kim Kardashian urges clemency for domestic violence victim facing execution after ‘falsely’ saying she killed daughter

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Kim Kardashian has called on Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott to grant clemency to Melissa Lucio, 53, a domestic violence victim whose lawyers argue she “falsely” admitted to killing her two-year-old daughter after hours of police interrogation.

Lucio’s execution by lethal injection is set to take place on 27 April following the 2007 death of her daughter Mariah. Her lawyers say that her daughter died from falling down a steep staircase outside their apartment in Harlingen, South Texas.

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