Judge Arturo Nelson declares Texas inmate Melissa Lucio "actually innocent" in the 2007 death of her daughter.

Melissa Elizabeth Lucio was previously convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez, in 2008 ...

The family of Melissa Lucio expressed hope that the death row inmate would be freed after a judge concluded that Lucio is ...

Judge Arturo Nelson said there was clear and convincing evidence that the death of Lucio’s 2-year-old daughter, Mariah, was ...

Efforts to free Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her ...

A Texas court is set to decide the fate of Lucio, whose conviction relied on coerced confession, suppressed evidence, and ...

Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14 living in Brownsville, Texas, was arrested and charged in 2007 for the murder of her ...

Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals ...

A death row inmate convicted of killing her toddler daughter is “actually innocent” of murder and should be freed from ...

Efforts to free a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2-year-old ...

Melissa Lucio may be set free after findings that prosecutors withheld evidence that her 2-year-old died of an accidental ...