Texas death row execution Melissa

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday granted a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio, her attorneys announced in a statement, halting her execution ...

But Lucio's attorneys said she only "vaguely" indicated she was responsible for her daughter's injuries and never confessed to being responsible for Mariah's death. But none of the CPS records, her attorneys say, indicate any of the children ever reported being abused by Lucio. The people of Texas are entitled to a new, fair trial," Tivon Schardl, one of Lucio's attorneys said in a statement. And authorities, plagued by a misunderstanding about the fall, ignored or discounted evidence that might have proven her innocence, Lucio's attorneys say. Lucio also argued the state relied on false testimony and suppressed evidence favorable to her defense. "I am grateful the Court has given me the chance to live and prove my innocence.

Mexican American woman, 52, who was due to be put to be death on Wednesday, wins time for court to consider new evidence.

In the House letter, the lawmakers pointed out that Lucio was treated by prosecutors in a completely different way to her husband, who was also responsible for Mariah’s care. Sandra Babcock, one of Lucio’s legal team and a professor at Cornell law school, said that the court’s decision paved the way for a new trial which would allow a jury to hear evidence that was not presented at her original trial in 2008. Leach has been at the forefront of efforts by Texas lawmakers to persuade the authorities to postpone the execution.

Houston (AP) -- 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 ...

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 ...

3 hr ago 3 hr ago 3 hr ago 3 hr ago 3 hr ago 3 hr ago A bipartisan group of state lawmakers traveled this month to Gatesville, where the state houses female death row inmates, and prayed with Lucio. During a sometimes contentious Texas House committee hearing on Lucio's case this month, Saenz had said he disagreed with Lucio's lawyers' claims that new evidence would exonerate her. The court's stay allows us to continue fighting alongside Melissa to overturn her wrongful conviction.” They say Lucio wasn't allowed to present evidence questioning the validity of her confession. Lucio's lawyers say Mariah died from injuries she sustained in a fall down a steep staircase several days before she died. It was not immediately known when the lower court would begin reviewing her case.