'Greg Abbott must stop the execution of an innocent Texan before it's too late.' FreeMelissLucio
Jurors who heard Lucio's case in 2007 are among those who are calling for a new trial, as evidence that could prove Lucio's evidence was not originally presented.
Lucio was aggressively interrogated by police two hours after losing her daughter and was subjected to"coercive methods known to produce false confessions," according to The Innocence Project. Medical experts who have reviewed Lucio's case say that given Lucio's history as a survivor of abuse, she was even more susceptible to the tactics used by the police.
At her trial, Lucio and her legal team were prevented from presenting evidence that would have called into question the prosecutors' claims that she was abusive to her 12 children. None of the records show any evidence that Lucio abused her children or that her children ever made such accusations.."She was a battered woman. She'd been through a lot."Lucio's conviction has been appealed but upheld thus far, but in 2019 a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that she had been unable to present a full defense in 2007.
But last year, Lucio's conviction and death sentence were reinstated after the appeals court reversed its ruling.
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