Rallies across the nation were held in support of stopping the planned execution of Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio.
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"It will be a historic, irreversible blunder on the part of the State of Texas if we go forward with this," Republican state Rep. Jeff Leach said, according to the New York Times."I’ve never seen a more troubling case than the case of Melissa Lucio."State lawmakers pressed Democratic Cameron County district attorney Luis V. Saenz earlier this month at a hearing to withdraw the execution warrant. He declined to intervene in the matter.
"We are on the verge of sending a woman to an execution based on false and misleading medical evidence," Vanessa Potkin, Director of Special Litigation at the Innocence Project, said according to the New York Post.Sixteen rallies were held across the country on Saturday to raise awareness about her execution date in a bid to stop it. A handful of the rallies were held in Texas, including in Houston, as well as in Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Greensboro, Washington, D.C.
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