'I don't want my mom to be executed. I don't want to lose her,' said John Lucio. 'I want you to know, Mother. I love you so much. I would anything I can for you.'
HOUSTON, Texas -- Texas plans to execute a mother in April nearly 15 years after being convicted for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter.
Melissa Lucio's oldest son, John Lucio, spoke about the case Friday. He begged Texans to pay attention to his mother's case, who he said is not guilty of capital murder. In 2007, Prosecutors accused Melissa Lucio of beating her daughter, Mariah Lucio, to death. She said the child fell down a staircase days before paramedics took her to the hospital.
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