Posted at https://innocenceproject.org/melissa-lucio-9-facts-innocent-woman-facing-execution/
Ms. Lucio is facing execution on April 27 for a crime that never occurred.
By Innocence Staff
9 datos que debes saber sobre esta mujer inocente que enfrenta su ejecución
Melissa Lucio with her nephew Greg Chavez (Image: Courtesy of the Lucio family)
Updated on March 25, 2022, 2:30 p.m. ET: This article has been updated to reflect the latest news in this case.
In 2008, Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year old daughter Mariah, who died two days after a tragic fall down a flight of stairs. In shock and grieving the loss of her baby — the youngest of her 12 children at the time — Ms. Lucio was taken into police custody and immediately blamed for her daughter’s death.
The State of Texas has scheduled Ms. Lucio’s execution for April 27, for a crime that never occurred. On Feb. 8, attorneys for Ms. Lucio filed a motion to withdraw or modify her looming execution date, and on March 22, her legal team filed a petition for clemency to the governor and Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. But Ms. Lucio’s life is still in jeopardy.
Read and share these key facts before Texas makes the irreversible mistake of killing an innocent woman.
Add your name to stop the execution at https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-execution-of-innocent-melissa-lucio-texas/.
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