Texas woman Melissa Lucio is set to be executed Wednesday, April 27 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah in Harlingen.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Nearly half of the jurors who sentenced a Texas woman to die for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children have called for her upcoming execution to be halted and for her to get a new trial.
Her lawyers also contend that unscientific and false evidence misled jurors into believing Mariah's injuries only could have been caused by physical abuse and not by medical complications from a severe fall. Five of the 12 jurors who sentenced Lucio and one alternate juror have questioned their decision and asked she get a new trial. And Lucio's cause also has the backing of faith leaders and was featured on HBO's"Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."
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