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Melissa Lucio
American convicted murderer (born 1969)
Melissa Lucio
Melissa Elizabeth Lucio (born June 18, 1969) is an American woman who was convicted of capital murder after the death of her two-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez, who was found to have scattered bruising in various stages of healing, and injuries to her head as well as contusions of the kidneys, lungs and spinal cord. Prosecutors said that Mariah's injuries were the result of physical abuse, while Lucio's attorneys say that her death was caused by falling down the stairs two days prior in the family's previous residence. Lucio is the first woman of Latina descent to be sentenced to death in the U.S. state of Texas. Lucio's case was the subject of a 2020 documentary, The State of Texas vs. Melissa. She has maintained her innocence since she was first accused, and Cornell Law School professor Sandra Babcock has called the prosecution "by far the weakest capital case I've ever seen." Lucio's execution was set for April 27, 2022, but the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals court granted her a...
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