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Execution of melissa lucio in texas. she was convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. lucio claims police coerced her to confess. her lawyers filed a clemency petition to spare her life. if the execution goes forward, she would be the first hispanic woman put to death in texas. tonight, the fbi has joined the investigation into a disturbing incident last month at a middle school in kenosha, wisconsin. an off-duty officer seen breaking up a fight, getting knocked down, and then putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl for 22 seconds. the clip does not show what happened before or after this moment of the altercation. the officer has resigned from his part-time job at the school. the fbi is investigating whether he violated the girl s civil rights. when we come back baseball history made. as return one of the game s best players joins an elite club. better breathing and helps prevent flare-ups. before breztri, i was stuck in the past. ....
The criminal legal system values finality over accuracy. It’s better to be done than definite.
That’s why re-litigating the same issues doesn’t work - if it’s even allowed. ....
Her younger brother was an undercover narcotics officer in baltimore and served in the maryland army national guard. and on the other side of the blue line, another uncle was sentenced to life in prison for a drug crime. in far too many cases, the punishment simply does not fit the crime. reporter: president obama commuted the sentence of her uncle, thomas brown, in 2016. she helped by sending his file to the prestigious law firm, wilmer hail, which submitted the clemency petition to president obama in 2014, six years before ketanji brown jackson became a judge. she has never publicly discussed her uncle s run-ins with the law. she has never been asked about it during her confirmation hearings. but she has said her personal history might be beneficial on the bench. the more experiences that can be brought to bear on our ....
Her younger brother was an undercover narcotics officer in baltimore and served in the maryland army national guard. and on the other side of the blue line, another uncle was sentenced to life in prison for a drug crime. in far too many cases, the punishment simply does not fit the crime. reporter: president obama commuted the sentence of her uncle, thomas brown, in 2016. she helped by sending his file to the prestigious law firm, wilmer hail, which submitted the clemency petition to president obama in 2014, six years before ketanji brown jackson became a judge. she has never publicly discussed her uncle s run-ins with the law. she has never been asked about it during her confirmation hearings. but she has said her personal history might be beneficial on the bench. the more experiences that can be brought to bear on our complex legal problems, the better. jackson also pushed back when republican senator john cornyn ....