A Long Island woman was among dozens of people involved in the operation, Attorney General Letitia James said.

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Melissa Lucio. The judge who presided over Lucio's capital murder trial has recommended that her conviction and death ...

Melissa Lucio’s mother, Esperanza Treviño, proclaims her daughter’s innocence on the steps of the Cameron County Courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, on Feb. 7, 2022.

Lucio was convicted in 2008 for the death of her daughter 15 years ago in Harlingen, Texas. Her execution was halted in 2022.

FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Melissa Lucio. A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Lucio, a Texas woman ...

Texas judge recommends vacating Melissa Lucio's conviction after 17 years on death row. Her case has now been moved to the higher court for a final decision.

FILE – This undated booking photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Melissa Lucio. Lucio, whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2 ...

Melissa Lucio, center, leads a group of seven Texas lawmakers in prayer in a room at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas, on April 6, 2022. Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach/AP ...

Melissa Lucio wipes her eyes in a courtroom in Brownsville, Texas, on July 10, 2008, the day she was sentenced to death for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah.

Mother of 14 and Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio smiles with her children. The Innocence Project Criminal justice advocates say Lucio's confession has some similarities to the case of Melissa ...

At least for now. Lucio, 52, had been set to be executed by lethal injection Wednesday for the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah in Harlingen, a city of about 75,000 in Texas’ southern tip.