Melissa Lucio was found guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, who died in 2007. A judge now says she's innocent.
Melissa Elizabeth Lucio was previously convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez, in 2008 ...
Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14 living in Brownsville, Texas, was arrested and charged in 2007 for the murder of her ...
Melissa Lucio, now 56, was convicted of murdering her daughter, Mariah Alvarez. Mariah died in February 2007, and prosecutors argued that severe physical abuse by Lucio caused her death.
A Texas district judge declared that a mother on death row is innocent in the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter, ...
"After 16 years on death row, it's time for the nightmare to end," Vanessa Potkin, one of Lucio's attorneys said.
The family of Melissa Lucio expressed hope that the death row inmate would be freed after a judge concluded that Lucio is ...