A woman on death row is receiving a huge show of support in San Antonio just four days before her scheduled execution.
– ”She’s the first Latina in Texas set to be executed this next week for a crime that she didn’t do,” Free Melissa Lucio rally organizer Cody Huffman said.St. Mary’s University Law School student Huffman is one of the organizers hoping to garner support for death row inmate“Melissa was interrogated for almost seven hours, just minutes after being taken in after her daughter’s death,” Huffman said.Police believe the child died from abuse. Lucio claims she fell down the stairs two days prior.
Lucio’s lawyers submitted an application for clemency to Governor Greg Abbott and the Board of Pardons and Paroles in March of 2022.”I still have not received a report from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. That’s a requirement for the governor to receive that before any action is taken. When I receive that, I’ll consider it and take whatever action I think is appropriate,” Gov. Abbott said.
“Understand that our efforts are important because we believe so much in her innocence,” Huffman said.
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