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  • Fight for Melissa Lucio's Exoneration Continues After Stay of Execution Granted

    04/26/2022 1:16:54 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    ABC News ^ | April 26, 2022 | Kendall Ross and Mireya Villarreal
    "It's not over," John Lucio said of his fight to free his mother.Melissa Lucio was first sentenced to death in 2008 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez. After nearly 15 years on death row in Texas, Lucio was granted a stay of her scheduled April 27 execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday. Calls for a court to review her case and save Lucio's life grew this week, garnering bipartisan support and inspiring rallies across the country. Rep. Jeff Leach, chair of the Texas House Criminal Justice Reform, Interim Study Committee, was one of...