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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Lawyers hope new evidence can stop Texas woman's execution

the family of Melissa Lucio

During hours of relentless questioning, Melissa Lucio more than 100 times had denied fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter.

But worn down from a lifetime of abuse and the grief of losing her daughter Mariah, her lawyers say, the Texas woman finally acquiesced to investigators. “I guess I did it,” Lucio responded when asked if she was responsible for some of Mariah's injuries.

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