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‘I shouldn’t have to live like that’: Collin County Democrats hope Beto O’Rourke breaks through

PLANO, Texas — Every morning when Michael Patrick drops his kids off at school, he wonders if it’s the last time he’s going to see them.

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Gov. Greg Abbott calls for legislative committees — but not a special session — following Uvalde school shooting

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for special legislative committees to examine what legislation and action might be taken to prevent future school shootings.

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Melissa Lucio’s son vows to ‘keep fighting until she gets home’ as death row case will return to court

Bobby Alvarez tellsThe Independent that the ‘fight still isn’t over’ to free his mother from death row

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Melissa Lucio was given the death penalty in Texas for killing her baby. What if she's innocent?

After nearly a decade on death row, Melissa Lucio's life was spared at the 11th hour. Now, she faces another gruelling fight to overturn her conviction.

ABC News

Texas court stays execution of mother Melissa Lucio of over death of two-year-old

A Texas appeals court on Monday delayed the execution of Melissa Lucio amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter in a case that has garnered the support of lawmakers, celebrities and even some jurors who sentenced her to death.

France 24

Debate over executing Melissa Lucio leads some Texas conservative lawmakers to rethink death penalty

DALLAS — The fight to save the life of death row inmate Melissa Lucio has renewed the belief in conservative state Rep. Jeff Leach that the Texas capital punishment system needs extensive reforms.

Tribune News Service

Emotional moment Melissa Lucio learns she has been granted a stay of execution

Melissa Lucio was told the news that Wednesday’s execution had been halted in a prison phone call with Republican state Rep Jeff Leach

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‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’

EXCLUSIVE: In just six days, Melissa Lucio will be strapped to a gurney and injected with a lethal cocktail of drugs that will kill her for a murder that she not only says she didn’t commit – but that experts say didn’t even occur. Her son Bobby Alvarez tells Rachel…

The Independent UK

Texas death row prisoner Melissa Lucio granted stay of execution

Mexican American woman, 52, who was due to be put to death on Wednesday, wins time for court to consider new evidence

The Guardian - US

Texas Republican urges halt to ‘most troubling’ Melissa Lucio execution

Jeff Leach, leading push to stop possibly innocent woman being ‘murdered by the state’, calls case ‘most troubling I’ve ever seen’

The Guardian - US

‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’

The Independent UK

Death row mum-of-14 has breakthrough DAYS before she's due to be executed

Melissa Lucio, 53, is due to be executed on April 27 for the murder of her two-year-old daughter, but fresh hopes have been raised for her family and supporters of a full pardon

Daily Mirror

Melissa Lucio execution to be paused, DA says

“If defendant Lucio does not get a stay by a certain day, then I will do what I have to do and stop it,” said the DA who ordered the Texas mother’s execution

The Independent UK

Texas prosecutor pushes back on pleas to stop execution

Members of a Texas House committee repeatedly pressed a prosecutor to stop the April 27 execution of a woman whose conviction is being questioned amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter

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GOP lawmaker says even death penalty supporters see ‘major problem’ in Melissa Lucio case

Texas State Reps Jeff Leach and Joe Moody were part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who visited Melissa Lucio on death row last week as they call for her life to be spared

The Independent UK

‘I don’t want to see my mom die’: Melissa Lucio’s son hopes for clemency as execution date nears

‘I go to sleep thinking about it. I wake up thinking about it,’ says John Lucio as his mother’s execution nears

The Independent UK

Texas lawmakers visit woman on death row with hugs, prayers

Seven Texas lawmakers who traveled hundreds of miles to update death row inmate Melissa Lucio on their efforts to stop her execution were able to connect with her through embrace and prayer

The Independent UK

Melissa Lucio: Texas lawmakers meet and pray with woman on death row, pledging to help save her life

‘We’re more resolute and committed than ever to fighting over the next three weeks to save her life’ says Rep Jeff Leach

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Texas lawmakers to meet with woman facing execution

A group of bipartisan Texas lawmakers is planning to visit a death row inmate whose execution they are trying to stop amid doubt about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter

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