Bobby Alvarez. In a 62-page ruling that was signed on Oct. 16, 2024, and reviewed by ABC News, Senior State District Judge ...

A Texas district judge declared that a mother on death row is innocent in the 2007 death of her 2-year-old daughter, ...

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

Melissa Lucio was found guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, who died in 2007. A judge now says she's innocent.

Melissa Lucio has been on death row in Texas since she was convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.

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 ...

"After 16 years on death row, it's time for the nightmare to end," Vanessa Potkin, one of Lucio's attorneys said.

Mum-of-14 Melissa Lucio was jailed on the basis of the flawed testimonies of a Texas Ranger and Medical Examiner, with a judge believing any reasonable jury would find her innocent today ...

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

Lucio, from Brownsville, Texas, was arrested in 2007 following the passing of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Álvarez, who ...