Stunning long piece by Lawrence Wright, about TX Death Row in Gatesville, and the women who are there including #MelissaLucio #NewYorker #prsion #deathrow #Texas

Today, Death Penalty Action is highlighting 8 potential cases of wrongful conviction from the Lone Star State. Texas nearly succeeded in killing #RobertRoberson in October, #MelissaLucio in 2022, #RodneyReed in 2019 and #RubenGutierrez.

⚫ Efforts to free #MelissaLucio, a #Texas woman sentenced to death for fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter were significantly bolstered this week. INFO: kwtx.com/2024/11/17/texas-inmate-melissa-lucio-is-actually-innocent-killing-daughter-judge-says/

Melissa Lucio case: Girl's death was accident, not murder, judge says Melissa Lucio was found guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, who died in 2007. A judge now says she's innocent.

'Every parent's nightmare': Mom actually didn't kill child, judge says
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#News #USNews #Crime #CriminalJustice #Law #Legal #MelissaLucio #DeathPenalty #Incarceration

“Actually innocent”: Judge recommends overturning death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s conviction, sending case to Texas high court The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court documents.

Excellente nouvelle pour #MelissaLucio : elle a été reconnue innocente du meurtre de sa fille, et l'état accusé d'avoir falsifié preuves et témoignages.
L'affaire est entre les mains de la Cour d'appel du Texas pour voir si la recommandation du juge est validée.

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Free Melissa Lucio!

#DeathPenalty #DeathPenaltyAction #EndTheDeathPenalty #CriminalJustice #Executions #StopExecutions #AbolishTheDeathPenalty #Texas #TexasPolitics #MelissaLucio #FreeMelissaLucio

These studies were modeled after the case of #MelissaLucio, who remains on death row for her daughter's murder -- a 'crime' that many now believe never even...

Listen as Melissa Lucio learns her life has been spared Lucio learned of her reprieve in a phone call from state ...

Wow. Listen to @leachfortexas' phone call to #MelissaLucio when she first learned that she would not be executed 👂🏼🥲

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There's been a "grass fire across Texas" fighting for #MelissaLucio that has spread to "every corner of the state," @JordanEMazurek tells @LVikkiml.

While an appeals court has paused Lucio's execution date, her execution warrant has not been withdrawn....

Texas Is About to Execute a Woman for Her Daughter's Deat... A coerced confession led to Melissa Lucio's conviction fo...

#MelissaLucio

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A bipartisan majority of Texas lawmakers, every Catholic bishop in Texas, and FOUR of the original jurors have now spoken out against the execution of #MelissaLucio.

@GovAbbott @GregAbbott_TX: What are you waiting...

The latest @iamjohnoliver @LastWeekTonight on the maddening difficulty of appealing wrongful convictions, featuring #MelissaLucio -- plus the work of @LauraNirider and @brandonlgarrett...
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