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Texas appeals court rejects ruling of innocence for woman on death row for 18 years

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A Texas court on Thursday rejected a ruling that a woman on death row for 18 years is innocent of capital murder in the killing of her 2-year-old daughter.

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  1. Valley Central

    Appeals court rejects finding that Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio is innocent (opens Valley Central)

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    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday rejected a lower court’s finding that death row inmate Melissa Lucio is innocent of the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter. Lucio has spent 18 years on death row after being convicted of killing her daughter, Mariah Alvarez.

  2. FOX 4 Dallas

    Texas court rejects death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s bid for new trial (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected Melissa Lucio’s latest effort to overturn her 2008 conviction and death sentence for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, ruling that she failed to show prosecutors withheld evidence that could have changed the outcome of her trial.

  3. Valley Central

    Organizations react after Melissa Lucio's innocence denied by Texas appeals court (opens Valley Central)

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    HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Advocacy organizations are responding after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday rejected a lower court's finding that Harlingen mother Melissa Lucio is innocent in the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter.

  4. ABC 13 Houston

    Texas appeals court rejects ruling of innocence for woman on death row for 18 years (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    A Texas court on Thursday rejected a ruling that a woman on death row for 18 years is innocent of capital murder in the killing of her 2-year-old daughter.

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