Appeals court rejects finding that Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio is innocent
· KRGV (NBC 5)
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has denied a lower court's ruling that declared Melissa Lucio innocent of her daughter's murder. Lucio, sentenced to death in 2008 for the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah, has spent 18 years on death row. The court questioned the validity of new evidence suggesting Mariah's fatal injuries were due to a blood disorder rather than abuse. Despite dissenting opinions from four judges, the court upheld the original conviction, stating that the evidence presented by Lucio did not sufficiently challenge the prosecution's case. Lucio's attorney plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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