Fourteen years after she was sent to Texas’ death row, Melissa’s Lucio will finally get the chance to have new evidence of her innocence claims examined in state court. Lucio, 53, was set to be ...

Rachelle Zoca attend a vigil for Melissa Lucio at the Basilica Of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle National Shrine in San Juan, Texas, on April 22, 2022.Delcia Lopez—The Monitor/AP The highest criminal ...

Melissa Lucio was convicted of murder in her daughter's death, but advocates say the 2-year-old died after an accidental fall down the stairs A Texas woman on death row after her controversial murder ...

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 execution to be halted and for her to get a new ...

SAN ANTONIO - The governor of Texas is under pressure to stop the planned execution of a mother convicted of killing her child. The woman, Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14, was found guilty back in 2008 ...

Imagine spending 16 years on death row for a crime a judge now says you may not have committed. But, just two days before your execution date, you are told you're not going to be subject to the Texas ...

Lawyers for the sole Latina on Texas' death row filed a clemency petition Tuesday ahead of her planned execution next month, presenting evidence they say indicates she was wrongfully convicted and ...