An Austin woman convicted of murder nearly 20 years ago is fighting to get a new trial. Carmen Mejia is serving a life sentence for the scalding death of a 10-m
onth-old baby who was in her care. The Texas "junk science" law is allowing a judge to evaluate whether 2005 testimony holds up to new scientific knowledge.
Guerrero is credited with giving Mejia a chance to be proven innocent or given a new trial. He was the bailiff in the courtroom where Carmen Mejia stood trial. It was his job to keep order during the proceedings. Guerrero heard all the testimony and even though he’s not an attorney he says he knew something was wrong.
“The last thing that I would ask, would be to have a re-trial with good representation,” said Guerrero. “Temperatures that were so high that a scalding burn, a fatal burn, could occur within just seconds,” said Potkin.
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