Emotional moment Melissa Lucio learns she has been granted a stay of execution

Melissa Lucio was told the news that Wednesday’s execution had been halted in a prison phone call with Republican state Rep Jeff Leach

“The Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of your execution for Wednesday,” the lawmaker tells her.Her voice breaks and she is heard laughing and sobbing with emotion.“Oh my god!” she says, laughing. “That is wonderful! Oh my god!”

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