On February 15, 2007, Melissa Lucio's 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, fell down the stairs of their Harlingen, Texas, home. Two days later, Mariah stopped breathing and died. After calling 911, Lucio was whisked into an interrogation room and accused of killing her little girl. After a contentious trial, Lucio was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Despite substantive doubts surrounding the real cause of Mariah's death, a clear rush to judgement by law enforcement, and a dubious "confession" obtained after five hours of grueling police interrogation, Lucio is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 27, 2022. She will be the first Latina executed in Texas.
As the date quickly approaches, Lucio's supporters are doing everything they can to stop what they call an irreversible injustice. Her attorneys filed a clemency petition with new evidence they believe indicates she was wrongfully convicted. The Innocence Project has started a petition urging clemency. And on March 10, 26 former death row inmates wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott begging him to either cancel or commute Lucio's impending execution. In an exclusive essay for ELLE.com, Sabrina Butler-Smith, a death row exoneree who signed the letter, says she knows the mental torture of wrongly waiting to die for murdering someone you loved—because she has been there herself.
As the date quickly approaches, Lucio's supporters are doing everything they can to stop what they call an irreversible injustice. Her attorneys filed a clemency petition with new evidence they believe indicates she was wrongfully convicted. The Innocence Project has started a petition urging clemency. And on March 10, 26 former death row inmates wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott begging him to either cancel or commute Lucio's impending execution. In an exclusive essay for ELLE.com, Sabrina Butler-Smith, a death row exoneree who signed the letter, says she knows the mental torture of wrongly waiting to die for murdering someone you loved—because she has been there herself." title="On February 15, 2007, Melissa Lucio's 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, fell down the stairs of their Harlingen, Texas, home. Two days later, Mariah stopped breathing and died. After calling 911, Lucio was whisked into an interrogation room and accused of killing her little girl. After a contentious trial, Lucio was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Despite substantive doubts surrounding the real cause of Mariah's death, a clear rush to judgement by law enforcement, and a dubious "confession" obtained after five hours of grueling police interrogation, Lucio is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 27, 2022. She will be the first Latina executed in Texas.
As the date quickly approaches, Lucio's supporters are doing everything they can to stop what they call an irreversible injustice. Her attorneys filed a clemency petition with new evidence they believe indicates she was wrongfully convicted. The Innocence Project has started a petition urging clemency. And on March 10, 26 former death row inmates wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott begging him to either cancel or commute Lucio's impending execution. In an exclusive essay for ELLE.com, Sabrina Butler-Smith, a death row exoneree who signed the letter, says she knows the mental torture of wrongly waiting to die for murdering someone you loved—because she has been there herself." style="text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; height: auto; border: 0; width: 560px; max-width: 100%; display: block;" width="560"> On February 15, 2007, Melissa Lucio's 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, fell down the stairs of their Harlingen, Texas, home. Two days later, Mariah stopped breathing and died. After calling 911, Lucio was whisked into an interrogation room and accused of killing her little girl. After a contentious trial, Lucio was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.
Despite substantive doubts surrounding the real cause of Mariah's death, a clear rush to judgement by law enforcement, and a dubious "confession" obtained after five hours of grueling police interrogation, Lucio is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 27, 2022. She will be the first Latina executed in Texas.
As the date quickly approaches, Lucio's supporters are doing everything they can to stop what they call an irreversible injustice. Her attorneys filed a clemency petition with new evidence they believe indicates she was wrongfully convicted. The Innocence Project has started a petition urging clemency. And on March 10, 26 former death row inmates wrote to Texas Governor Greg Abbott begging him to either cancel or commute Lucio's impending execution. In an exclusive essay for ELLE.com, Sabrina Butler-Smith, a death row exoneree who signed the letter, says she knows the mental torture of wrongly waiting to die for murdering someone you loved—because she has been there herself. Music's biggest stars have arrived. "I couldn't have sat in my seat," said Washington. "No way I could have sat in my seat. That's just not who I am." This is completely understandable. The long anticipated evening is here. |
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