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Appeals court rejects finding that Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio is innocent

A district judge found Lucio “actually innocent" in 2024 and ruled the state had suppressed evidence in her death penalty case.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 24

Two years after a judge recommended her murder conviction be tossed, Melissa Lucio still waits for freedom

A district judge provided two recommendations to the Court of Criminal Appeals in 2024, but the court’s process provides no details on when it will rule on the death row inmate’s innocence.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 24

Why a judge recommends overturning death sentence for Texas Latina accused of killing her toddler

The change came after a district attorney's office admitted that prosecutors withheld evidence from her defense

Latin Times · Apr 16, 2024

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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 · Apr 16, 2024

Death row mum-of-14 has breakthrough DAYS before she's due to be executed

Melissa Lucio, 53, is due to be executed on April 27 for the murder of her two-year-old daughter, but fresh hopes have been raised for her family and supporters of a full pardon

Daily Mirror · Apr 16, 2022

Death row mum-of-14 hopes new videos could clear her of toddler's fatal fall

Melissa Lucio, from Texas, was convicted of murdering her two-year-old daughter Mariah by causing her to fall down a flight of stairs and hopes new footage can avoid her being executed

Daily Mirror · Feb 19, 2022

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