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Lucio, 53, is due to be executed on April 27th for the 2007 death of her baby daughter Mariah. She told police at the time that Mariah fell down the stairs and died later as a result of her injuries.
An appeals court in Texas has halted the execution of Melissa Lucio, a 53-year-old woman convicted of killing her two-year-old daughter in 2007, after pleas from celebrities and Republican lawmakers.
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By Ty Ross May 19, 2021 at 6:40pm death row inmate Quintin Jones was pronounced dead by lethal injection, by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Aside from being the first execution carried out by the state in over 10 months, what raised eyebrows was the lack of media witnesses to the executio