Judge Arturo Nelson declares Texas inmate Melissa Lucio "actually innocent" in the 2007 death of her daughter.

Efforts to free Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her ...

"After 16 years on death row, it's time for the nightmare to end," Vanessa Potkin, one of Lucio's attorneys said.

Mum-of-14 Melissa Lucio was jailed in 2008 after being accused of killing her daughter Mariah Alvarez, two, after she turned purple and unresponsive at their home in Brownsville, Texas.

Cameron County District Court Judge Arturo Nelson is siding with the appeal of Melissa ... to the Lucio's death row profile maintained by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

all children of Melissa. Lucio’s initial trial was a travesty of justice, with the main piece of evidence used to convict her being coerced testimony extracted from her by Texas Rangers ...

A Texas death row inmate was deemed “actually innocent” by a judge who recommended her capital murder conviction be overturned as new evidence affirmed her daughter died from an accidental fall.

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Melissa Lucio. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, File) Lucio has long maintained she is ...