Overturned

Melissa Lucio Could Have Texas Death Sentence Overturned

The judge who presided over the trial of death row inmate Melissa Lucio has recommended her conviction and death sentence be overturned, according to newly unsealed court documents. Judge Arturo Nelson found in October that there was “clear and convincing evidence” that Lucio’s 2-year-old daughter Mariah Alvarez died in 2007 after an accidental fall down […]