Tag: Melissa Lucio

A judge on Friday signed off on an agreed order between the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office and appellate attorneys for Melissa Lucio that she did not have access to evidence that would have corroborated her story that her 2-year-old daughter died from a fall, not child abuse.

A visiting state district judge has denied a request from attorneys representing a Harlingen mother sitting on death row for killing her daughter that 138^th state District Judge Gabriela “Gabby” Garcia recuse herself from hearing the case.

The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office said a request asking a state judge to recuse herself from hearing a case of a Harlingen woman convicted of killing her toddler daughter does not meet the “high threshold” that would require the judge be recused.

The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office is seeking to issue six subpoenas pertaining to the Melissa Lucio capital murder case, state court documents reflect.

The central question to Melissa Lucio’s capital murder case is how to interpret the medical evidence.

For months, Wednesday was set to be the day in Huntsville when Texas executed the state’s first Hispanic woman on death row. Yet, following...

A lot can change in 48 hours.

GATESVILLE — “Babe, my mom got a stay,” John Lucio said.

UPDATE 5:18 P.M.  Read the latest update here: https://myrgv.com/local-news/2022/04/25/cant-believe-it-execution-stayed-melissa-lucios-family-rejoices-as-defense-looks-ahead/ UPDATE 3:44 p.m. GATESVILLE — Melissa Lucio was granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal...

Days ahead of the scheduled execution of Melissa Lucio, advocates continue to pressure Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz to rescind the execution warrant.