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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

‘Melissa’s life matters’: Campaigners react as Texas court pauses Melissa Lucio execution

Case remanded to trial court to consider new evidence

The Independent UK

‘I thank God for my life’: Melissa Lucio is granted 11th-hour stay of execution by Texas appeals court

‘I thank God for my life. I have always trusted in Him. I am grateful the Court has given me the chance to live and prove my innocence,’ Melissa Lucio said in a statement following the appeals court’s ruling

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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

Five jury members who sentenced Texas woman to death call for new trial

Lawyers for Melissa Lucio say she was coerced into confessing and was falsely convicted of killing her toddler daughter

The Guardian - US

Texas death row mother Melissa Lucio to learn of fate today as parole board considers clemency

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles is considering a request to have her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment or to grant a 120-day execution reprieve

The Independent UK

From Kim Kardashian to Amanda Knox: Famous names who have joined fight for Melissa Lucio and why

With two days to go until Melissa Lucio will be executed in Texas for a crime she says she didn’t commit, a growing number of famous faces have joined the fight to save her life. Rachel Sharp writes

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Sabrina Butler-Smith escaped execution after she was falsely accused of killing her son. Now, she’s fighting for Melissa Lucio

Sabrina Butler-Smith was exonerated from Alabama death row, and tells Josh Marcus that there’s still time to stop killing of another misunderstood mother: Melissa Lucio

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Concern mounts as Melissa Lucio's execution nears

Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Concern mounts as Melissa Lucio's execution nears

Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial

The Independent UK

Texas carries out execution of oldest death row inmate as Melissa Lucio continues to fight for freedom

The execution was the first in which an inmate’s religious adviser was allowed to be present to pray

The Independent UK

‘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 mother set for execution – yet evidence suggests she did not kill her child

As Melissa Lucio’s execution date approaches, concern that an innocent woman is to be sent to her death reaches fever pitch

The Guardian - US

Amanda Knox joins calls to halt Melissa Lucio execution: ‘I wish I could welcome her into our exoneree family’

Amanda Knox was convicted and later exonerated for the murder of her British roommate in Italy

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Majority of Texas Senators urge state to stop ‘miscarriage of justice’ Melissa Lucio execution

Majority of both chambers of the Texas legislature now oppose execution

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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

The Independent UK

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

Nun who wrote ‘Dead Man Walking’ joins calls to save Melissa Lucio from execution

Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be executed on 27 April over the death of her two-year-old daughter which her attorneys insist was ‘a tragedy, not a murder’

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The Independent UK

Melissa Lucio ‘a symbol of wrongful convictions,’ documentary director says as execution approaches

Director Sabrina Van Tassel tells Josh Marcus about award-winning Melissa Lucio documentary and impact of Kim Kardashian’s activism on case

The Independent UK

Europe calls on Texas governor to grant Melissa Lucio clemency as execution looms

The 53-year-old domestic violence victim and mother of 14 has been on death row since her trial over the 2007 death of her two-year-old daughter

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

Texas Observer

Will Governor Greg Abbott Stop Melissa Lucio’s Execution?

Supporters of the 53-year-old Latina mother hope for a last-minute reprieve.

Evening Standard

Kim Kardashian ‘heartbroken’ by death sentence given to US mother Melissa Lucio

Kim Kardashian said she is "heartbroken" by written pleas from the children of a US mother who faces the death penalty in Texas.

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