Celebs, pols rally for Melissa Lucio before Wednesday execution
— who was herself wrongly convicted of killing her roommate in Italy in 2007 — are demanding clemency.
Kim Kardashian and other high-profile figures, including both Democratic and Republican politicians, are a clemency for Melissa Lucio, the Texas woman who is due to be executed April 27.posted Janice Ophoven, who is based in Minnesota, has backed up Lucio’s claim that Mariah died from complications from a fall down steep stairs, and her death had “nothing to do with intentional force.” Mariah, who had also had a medical disorder that caused bruising, was not a victim of child abuse as a Texas medical examiner argued at Lucio’s trial, court papers say.
Kardashian pushed for the successful release of Alice Marie Johnson, who was serving a life sentence on a first-time drug charge.Dozens of Texas lawmakers — both Democrats and Republicans — have also rallied behind Lucio. Rep Jeff Leach, a Republican who heads up the Texas House of Representatives’ Criminal Justice Reform Committee, called Lucio’s case“The system literally failed her at every turn.” Leach said.
Her boyfriend was abusive to both Lucio and the children, according to police reports and court filings.Alvarez was abusive to both Lucio and the children, according to police reports and court filings viewed by The Post. “Melissa gave thanks that Mariah did not appear to be seriously injured,” court papers say. “Tragically, Mariah had in fact suffered internal injuries and would deteriorate over the next two days.”
During a five-hour marathon interrogation, Lucio yielded to an interrogator’s demands to confess “to ‘get it over with,'” court papers say.What followed was a “marathon” five-hour interrogation of Lucio by multiple police officers and a Texas Ranger. Lucio denied hurting Mariah more than 100 times during the late night grilling as cops showed her pictures of her dead child. But interrogators reportedly refused to accept a response that was not an admission of guilt.