Melissa Lucio

MELISSA Lucio made headlines after becoming the first woman of Hispanic descent in Texas to be sentenced to death.With her execution right around the.

"I recently just read about the case of Melissa Lucio and wanted to share her story with you. She wanted the interrogation to end, but police made her words out to be a confession. "It’s stories like Melissa’s that make me speak so loud about the death penalty in general and why it should be banned when innocent people are suffering." "Mariah's death was a tragedy not a murder. ... It would be an absolutely devastating message for this execution to go forward. "But there were so many other details that went unmentioned. Despite the outcry of support, the Texas Attorney General's Office continues to argue that the case was fair and that Mariah suffered the "absolute worst" case of child abuse her doctor had seen in 30 years. In 2019, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals even overturned her conviction, stating that she was deprived of "her constitutional right to present a meaningful defense," but in 2021, a full-court upheld the original conviction "despite the difficult issue of the exclusion of testimony that might have cast doubt on the credibility of Lucio's confession." After her conviction, some of her children were put up for adoption while others were split up and sent to live with relatives or placed in the custody of the state, the Innocence Project reports. Mariah reportedly did not have any visible injuries, but after Lucio put her down for a nap, she did not wake up and was later taken to the hospital, where she was declared dead. She is also the mother of 14 children, five from her first marriage and nine from her second, according to the Innocence Project. Despite her conviction, the organization describes her as a "loving and caring mother," who tried her best to provide financially for her family.

The A-lister, who has been studying law, has signed a petition urging Gov. Greg Abbott to stop Lucio's execution.

Lucio is a survivor of domestic abuse whose 2-year-old daughter fell down the stairs.

Shortly before Kardashian tweeted out her support for Lucio, a member of the jury that sentenced Lucio to death spoke out, calling for a retrial. She wanted the interrogation to end, but police made her words out to be a confession. Kardashian noted Lucio’s background as a survivor and its impact in what Lucio’s lawyers have characterized as a false confession, in her tweets demanding clemency. Lucio’s lawyers say her statement has been taken out of context and inaccurately used by prosecutors as a confession. But finally, after hours of questioning, when police asked if she was responsible for some of her child’s injuries, she told them, “I guess I did it.” Unless Gov. Abbott intervenes, Lucio’s will be executed on April 27, and she would be the first woman to die by execution in Texas in decades.

Lucio's execution date is set to be scheduled on April 27 after being charged for murder after the accidental fall of her 2-year-old daughter in 2007.

Whitaker was convicted of masterminding the fatal shootings of his mother and brother. Lucio’s lawyers told the Associated Press she was coerced by detectives into making a confession. After she called for help, she was taken into custody by the police.” Lucio, 53, would be the first Latina executed by Texas and the first woman since 2014, the Associated Press reports. In a letter last month to the Board of Pardons and Paroles and to Abbott, 83 Texas House members said executing Lucio would be “a miscarriage of justice.” Lucio’s execution is scheduled for April 27, 2022.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Kim Kardashian is shedding light on another Texas death-row inmate. Over the years, the celebrity has used her platform to show support.

As she has done several times in the past, reality star, socialite and businesswoman Kim Kardashian is using her celebrity status in a positive way and ...

Lucio was arrested for the murder of her two-year-old daughter in 2007. In 2018, Kardashian helped get the lifetime prison sentence of 64-year-old Alice Marie Johnson commuted for a nonviolent drug charge. Lucio’s case was detailed in The State of Texas vs.