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

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

The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...

South Carolina will not carry out any more executions until at least January, the state Supreme Court ruled in a Thursday ...

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

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

The last time support hovered around 50 percent was in 1972, the year the Supreme Court banned the death penalty. The court ...

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

The unanimous decision frees the state to reset Robert Roberson's execution date but suggests lawmakers may still be able to ...

Mum-of-14 Melissa Lucio was jailed on the basis of the flawed testimonies of a Texas Ranger and Medical Examiner, with a ...