The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday granted a stay of execution for a woman who was set to be judicially killed on Wednesday for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children, ordering a lower court to review new evidence in the case.
Lawyers for Mexican-American Melissa Lucio, 52, say new evidence will prove her innocence in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah.
The appeals court ordered a lower county court to reconsider the evidence that her attorneys say shows her daughter died after an accidental fall down a steep flight of stairs at Lucio’s rental home, not because of child abuse.
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