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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar,Gino Spocchia and Rachel Sharp

Melissa Lucio - latest: Family look forward to celebrating Mother’s Day after stay of execution

AP
Melissa Lucio sobs as she learns her life has been saved

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted Melissa Lucio a stay of execution on Monday and ordered a court to consider new evidence in her case, just 48 hours before she was scheduled to be put to death.

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