SAN ANTONIO – A girl on death row is receiving an enormous present of support in San Antonio simply 4 days earlier than her scheduled execution.

Melissa Lucio is about to be put to death on Wednesday, April twenty seventh.

”She’s the primary Latina in Texas set to be executed this subsequent week for against the law that she didn’t do,” Free Melissa Lucio rally organizer Cody Huffman mentioned.

If executed, Lucio would even be the first woman put to death in Texas since 2014.

St. Mary’s University Law School scholar Huffman is without doubt one of the organizers hoping to garner support for death row inmate Lucio.

“Melissa was interrogated for almost seven hours, just minutes after being taken in after her daughter’s death,” Huffman mentioned.

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Back in 2007, Lucio’s 2-year-old daughter Mariah didn’t get up from her nap.

Police imagine the kid died from abuse. Lucio claims she fell down the steps two days prior.

According to the Innocence Project, a prison justice reform nonprofit that hopes to exonerate wrongly convicted folks, the mom of 14 mentioned over 100 instances she had not killed her daughter Mariah all through the course of questioning.

Only saying on the finish, “I guess I did it.”

That identical year, prosecutors argued the kid’s accidents had been in line with abuse and a jury discovered Lucio responsible of capital homicide. A Cameron County choose sentenced her to death.

“Nothing there proves that she physically did anything to commit the crime that she was convicted of. And, but there is plenty of evidence that shows she is innocent of the crime,” Huffman mentioned.

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On Saturday, Huffman organized a rally making an attempt to garner support to free Lucio. It was one among 14 rallies taking place in the U.S..

Lucio’s legal professionals submitted an application for clemency to Governor Greg Abbott and the Board of Pardons and Paroles in March of 2022.

Abbott was requested about Lucio’s execution at a border panel dialogue in San Antonio Thursday.

”I nonetheless haven’t obtained a report from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. That’s a requirement for the governor to obtain that earlier than any motion is taken. When I obtain that, I’ll take into account it and take no matter motion I feel is suitable,” Gov. Abbott mentioned.

According to Texas Representative Joseph E. Moody, the Board of Pardons and Paroles is predicted to make their advice Monday afternoon.

“Understand that our efforts are important because we believe so much in her innocence,” Huffman mentioned.

Lucio’s case is getting excessive profile consideration, together with from actuality star Kim Kardashian and Amanda Knox.

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The Death Penalty Action Group is planning to have a prayer vigil outdoors of the Texas State Capitol on Monday.

The group organizers mentioned this shall be an ongoing presence as they await motion by the DA, the courts, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, or the governor.

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