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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate pushing for DNA evidence tests

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he’s not a murderer.

The Texas Tribune

How Voucher Vendors Could Make Millions from ‘School Choice’ in Texas

The Legislature’s current proposals put a handful of private contractors in the driver’s seat. Other states have already seen problems.

Texas Observer

State district judge recommends overturning Melissa Lucio’s death sentence

In a rare joint statement, the district attorney and the defense agreed that prosecutors withheld evidence that could point to a Rio Grande Valley woman’s innocence in the death of her toddler.

The Texas Tribune

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South Texas police officer was fatally shot during a pursuit of 2 men, police say

Authorities say a Texas police officer was fatally shot after joining a lengthy chase of two men who fled a traffic stop, switched cars and raced through several cities near the U.S.-Mexico border before they were finally arrested hours later

The Independent UK

Texas court stays execution of mother Melissa Lucio of over death of two-year-old

A Texas appeals court on Monday delayed the execution of Melissa Lucio amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter in a case that has garnered the support of lawmakers, celebrities and even some jurors who sentenced her to death.

France 24

Experts: Melissa Lucio faces tough fight to get new trial

With Melissa Lucio’s execution put on indefinite hold by a Texas appeals court, her attorneys will now be focused on trying to convince a judge to recommend she get a new trial

The Independent UK

Melissa Lucio: Court stays execution of Texas death row prisoner

Melissa Lucio has maintained her innocence since she was convicted of murdering her two-year-old daughter.

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‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’

EXCLUSIVE: In just six days, Melissa Lucio will be strapped to a gurney and injected with a lethal cocktail of drugs that will kill her for a murder that she not only says she didn’t commit – but that experts say didn’t even occur. Her son Bobby Alvarez tells Rachel…

The Independent UK

Melissa Lucio’s attorneys make last-ditch bid to DA to stop execution using his testimony against him

Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be put to death at 6pm local time on Wednesday for a crime she says she didn’t commit

The Independent UK

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

Lawyers for Melissa Lucio say she was coerced into confessing and was falsely convicted of killing her toddler daughter

The Guardian - US

Texas death row mother Melissa Lucio to learn of fate today as parole board considers clemency

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is considering a request to have her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment or to grant a 120-day execution reprieve

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Concern mounts as Melissa Lucio's execution nears

Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Concern mounts as Melissa Lucio's execution nears

Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial

The Independent UK

‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’

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Melissa Lucio execution to be paused, DA says

“If defendant Lucio does not get a stay by a certain day, then I will do what I have to do and stop it,” said the DA who ordered the Texas mother’s execution

The Independent UK

Texas prosecutor pushes back on pleas to stop execution

Members of a Texas House committee repeatedly pressed a prosecutor to stop the April 27 execution of a woman whose conviction is being questioned amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter

The Independent UK

GOP lawmaker says even death penalty supporters see ‘major problem’ in Melissa Lucio case

Texas State Reps Jeff Leach and Joe Moody were part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who visited Melissa Lucio on death row last week as they call for her life to be spared

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