"I don't want to see my mom die"

The Daily Crime

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True Crime

4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In six days, 52-year-old Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas. She was convicted of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Mariah, in 2008, but her attorneys say the child's death was an accident and have filed a petition for clemency pointing to new evidence. WFAA Reporter Jobin Panicker recently spoke to Melissa’s son, John Lucio, as well as others involved in the effort to stay her execution. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.0	I don't want to see my long die.
0:03.0	But if I have to see, I mean, I will let you see it for the last.
0:07.0	For Vault Studios, I'm Reid Redmond.
0:11.0	You're listening to The Daily Crime. My name is John Lucio.
0:25.6	I am Melissa Lucio's oldest son.
0:28.2	I am the third oldest, the oldest son.
0:33.4	We are here today in Austin, far from the valley.
0:36.3	Why?
0:44.3	First and foremost, because my mother's life means the most. The family of 52-year-old Melissa Lucio has been fighting an uphill battle,
0:49.3	trying to call attention to her capital murder case in hopes of getting her exonerated.
0:55.0	We're down to just a little over 14 days, two weeks until that scheduled execution.
1:01.0	Your head is where today, John?
1:03.0	I don't know where I left it. I mean, it's been, I mean, I believe God is the one that's pushing me.
1:11.6	I mean, I'm running on fumes.
1:13.6	I don't, I'm running on his energy and his strength,
1:17.6	because mine is not going to get me nowhere.
1:21.6	Melissa Lucio is scheduled to be executed on April 27th, Wednesday.
1:26.6	But as that date has drawn nearer, the case has drawn
1:29.7	national attention with individuals throughout the state of Texas and all around the country,
1:35.0	joining in the family's calls to free Melissa Lucio. In 2020, a Hulu documentary unearthed some new
1:41.2	details that people argue could prove that she's innocent.
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