As Melissa Lucio's execution looms, her options are looking slim despite new evidence her...
Lucio is scheduled to be killed by lethal injection on April 27. As her execution looms, her options are slim despite new evidence her lawyers say proves her innocence. Here are nine things to know about the case.Lucio is a 53-year-old Harlingen mother of 14 who has struggled with a history of poverty, addiction and violence. She endured years of sexual abuse at the hands of family members and, later, sexual and domestic abuse from her partners.
The Cameron County jury at Lucio's capital murder trial never heard testimony about her background as a victim of repeated sexual and domestic abuse who faced homelessness and poverty.Technically, yes. If Lucio is not granted a reprieve or a stay of execution, she would be, and the first Texas woman executed in nearly a decade. The last woman to be put to death in Texas was Lisa Coleman in 2014, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
They argue that the older daughter had nothing to do with Mariah's death as the documentary implies, but these daughters still do not wish to see their mother executed. They have signed a document alongside their other siblings pleading with Gov. Greg Abbott and The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to spare their mother's life.
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