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Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be executed for a crime that may not have occurred

3:34pm April 22, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

Lucio is scheduled to be executed for the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Her supporters say she was forced into a false "confession" and that new evidence exists that proves her innocence.

In this undated photograph, Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio is holding one of her sons, John. Lucio is set to be executed on April 27 for the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah.

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Lawyers hope new evidence can stop Texas woman Melissa Lucio's execution

3:24am April 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Lawyers say an ambiguous statement by Lucio during questioning was wrongly interpreted by prosecutors as a murder confession, during the investigation into her daughter Mariah's 2007 death.