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The trial court was ordered to examine new evidence that supports the innocence of the death row prisoner after the state's highest criminal court blocked the execution.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals made a ruling that halted the execution of a supporter of the state Legislature.

What we know about the case of a Texas woman facing the death penalty.

According to supporters, new evidence shows that the 2-year-old daughter of Lucio was not murdered but died two days after an accidental fall down a steep set of stairs, leaving the child with internal injuries that were not immediately apparent.

Melissa Lucio in 2008. On March 22, 2022, Lucio's lawyers filed a clemency petition to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, arguing that new evidence showed her daughter's death was accidental and caused by unseen internal injuries.
Melissa Lucio in 2008. On March 22, 2022, Lucio's lawyers filed a clemency petition to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, arguing that new evidence showed her daughter's death was accidental and caused by unseen internal injuries.

I thank God for my life, and I am grateful the court gave me the chance to prove my innocence, according to a statement released by her lawyers. Today and always, he is in my heart.

She said that she was grateful to everyone who had prayed for her.

This is not a finished story.

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