capital punishment Melissa Lucio Case: A Look at the Facts After Texas Grants Her a Stay of Execution Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death on charges she murdered her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, in 2007. But the execution is postponed to review new medical evidence that 5 former jurors say they wished they had seen.
Melissa Lucio After Melissa Lucio's Stay of Execution Her Case Remains ‘Far From the Finish Line' Melissa Lucio, a Texas mother of 14, has been on death row since 2008 after she was convicted of killing her 2-year-old daughter. Her execution was delayed just two days before she was scheduled to die to allow a lower court to review new evidence — including arguments that her confession was coerced. Molly Parmer, a criminal defense attorney who...
