HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas plans to execute a mother in April nearly 15 years after being convicted for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. Melissa Lucio's execution is scheduled for April 27.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Melissa Lucio has been on death row since August 2008 after being convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah. Lucio is set to be executed in April, and many ...

As part of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide’s Her Whole Truth project — which aims to tell the stories of women on death row around the world — Cornell students are raising awareness ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas appeals court on Monday delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter in a case that has garnered the support of ...

The case of Melissa Lucio and her daughter Mariah Alvarez raises haunting questions about justice, truth, and the line ...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas appeals court on Monday delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter in a case that has garnered the support of ...

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“It's confusing because I don’t understand how the court system could have done this to me,” Melissa Lucio said in a voiceover in The State of Texas vs. Melissa. “The state of Texas wants to kill me.” ...