More than half the members of the Texas House of Representatives are asking the state’s parole board to stop next month’s planned execution of Melissa Lucio, who would otherwise become the first Latina put to death by Texas.
State Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, and other members of the Texas House Criminal Justice Reform Caucus ask state officials to halt the execution of Melissa Lucio at the Texas Capitol on Thursday, March 24, 2022., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Lucio, 53, has been imprisoned since her daughter, Mariah, died in February 2007. The family called 911 after the toddler was found unresponsive at their Harlingen apartment. Numerous bruises, scratches and what seemed to be a bite mark on her body led police investigators to believe the child had been killed. Mariah’s death was later determined to be caused by a blunt-force head injury.
“What do you want me to say? I’m responsible for it,” Lucio said when a Texas Ranger pushed her on the apparent bite mark on Mariah’s back. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, about 12% of convictions found to be wrongful stem at least in part from false confessions. State Rep., D-Houston, pointed to the prevalence of false confessions and interrogation techniques that prompt them at the criminal justice reform caucus press conference Thursday.
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