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Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be executed in 14 days and people are coming together to show their support.
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‘I Was Wrong’ Says Juror Who Voted to Sentence Melissa Lucio to Death
Just weeks ahead of Melissa Lucio’s scheduled execution, one juror who voted to sentence her to death in 2008, wrote that he feels “deep regret” in an op-ed published by the Houston Chronicle on Sunday. Johnny Galvin, Jr. wrote, “There are so many problems in this case that I believe she must not be executed.” Read more from Johnny on why he believes a mistake was made at Melissa’s trial, and then share the article on social media.
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‘I Was An Innocent Woman Sentenced To Die. Here’s Why Melissa Lucio Must Be Saved.’
Both Melissa Lucio and Sabrina Butler-Smith went through the unimaginable pain of losing a child. If that was not hard enough, a layer of horror was added when they were both taken into custody and aggressively interrogated hours after the deaths of their children. They were coerced into “confessing,” convicted of murder, and sentenced to die for killing their children — crimes that never occurred. Now, Sabrina, who was one of the first women exonerated from death row in the United States, is calling on Texas to stop the April 27 execution of Melissa. Please, read more about Sabrina and Melissa’s stories and then share the op-ed on social media.
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‘Melissa Lucio Deserves The Chance to Prove Her Innocence’
Hannah Overton was wrongfully convicted of killing her son, Andrew, by the State of Texas and spent seven years in prison before finally being exonerated. Now, she’s speaking out on Melissa Lucio’s case in an op-ed in the Austin-American Statesman. In the piece, she said, “Governor Abbott should grant Melissa clemency or, at a minimum, allow her more time to prove her innocence. Wrongful convictions happen. If it happened to me, it could happen to Melissa Lucio.” Take a moment to read more from Melissa and then share it online.
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‘Melissa Lucio's Case One That Cries Out for Mercy’
Pastor Jesse Rincones, the lead pastor of Lubbock’s Alliance Church and Executive Director of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas, advocated for Melissa Lucio’s life in a recent op-ed for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal. He said, “Regardless of one’s position on the death penalty, Melissa’s case raises too many questions and implicates too many Biblical virtues and legal protections to allow her to be executed.” Take some time today to read the op-ed today, and then share it with your community online.
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‘Texas Is Executing An Innocent Woman,’ Says False Confessions Expert
With Melissa Lucio’s execution date less than 15 days away, numerous experts on false confessions, and specifically trauma as a vulnerability to false confession, are speaking out in support of clemency for her. Most recently, Dr. Gisli H. Gudjonsson, one of the world’s leading experts on false confessions, voiced his grave concerns about the case. “Melissa Lucio’s case is one of the most tragic I have come across in my 40-year career as a clinical forensic psychologist,” he said. Read more from this expert on why Texas should not go forward with the execution of Melissa Lucio.
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