Wrongful Conviction? | Melissa Lucio

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

You may have seen media articles recently about Melissa Lucio – the first ever Hispanic woman to be sentenced to death in Texas. Melissa was due to be executed in April 2022 and she was granted a stay of execution just days before her scheduled death.

Melissa is a mother of 14 children. She was convicted of murdering her 2 year-old daughter Mariah in 2007. Mariah was found unresponsive after an alleged fall down stairs. An autopsy was conducted and at the time, it was determined that Mariah died from blunt force trauma. She also had bruising of the kidneys, lungs and spinal cord.

When Melissa was taken in for questioning, she was interrogated for hours, without proper legal representation. She was not offered food or water. She denied over 100 times that she caused Mariah’s death. Eventually, Melissa broke down and ‘confessed’ to Mariah’s murder. “I don’t know what you want me to say,” she told authorities. “I’m responsible for it … I guess I did it.”

Over the years, Melissa’s team have made many appeals in her case. She also has high-profile supporters such as the Innocence Project and Kim Kardashian.

Melissa’s case will now be re-examined to determine if she is eligible for a new trial.

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the death of Mariah Alvarez and the conviction of her mother Melissa Lucio.

You can read the blog for this case here – https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/05/11/wrongful-conviction-melissa-lucio/

Do you believe that Melissa should be executed for this crime?

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0:00.0	The True Crime Society podcast contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences.
0:05.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:23.5	What's up guys? Welcome to another episode of the True Crime Society podcast with Stephanie
0:27.4	and Olivia, it is actually Cinco de Mayo. I just realized I don't have any big plans if
0:34.3	if you're wondering. Cinco, do you guys celebrate like Cinco de Mayo? No, I guess we're so far away
0:41.1	from anything in terms of that cultural aspect down here. So I have I have been in America once
0:48.1	for Cinco de Mayo. Maybe it was when I lived in Canada. So I know what it is, but yeah, it's not
0:52.2	definitely not a thing. Yeah, I don't really do much for when I was younger we would like go out
0:56.6	because we had some good Mexican restaurants in my hometown. They'd get like a big tent and have a
1:01.3	big party. These days I'm like crowds, never. Good excuse for some delicious food. Yeah, I had
1:09.6	I think I had Mexican food like two days ago. I should have waited, but probably not because I
1:13.4	would have had to wait a long time for the order because I bet everyone's gonna get it.
1:18.0	But we are recording bright and early today. Well, not for me, it is still like 5 p.m.
1:24.4	But for Olivia, it's like, was we started at 6.45? I think 6.45 a.m. We're starting. We usually
1:30.7	start around 8.30 my time, but it's the mother's day at my kids school today. So I said, can we please
1:36.8	do it a little bit earlier so I can go? Sorry, yes. I'm still I'm awake. I'm awake definitely,
1:43.0	but it's very, very early. It's like a Mother's Day punishment. So you have a big day today,
1:49.1	you got Mother's Day brunch and then later you have another fun adventure. Yeah, we're going to
1:53.9	a 90s party tonight. I think I mentioned last week about the girls I got a book club with. So with
1:57.6	those girls, we're going to a 90s party where you got to dress up and they have like I think it's
2:02.0	called the no scrubs of 90s party. So yeah, should be good. I've got an Alana Smoreset outfit
2:08.4	ready to go. What is that? What is that consistency? Fake leather pants like plastic pants,
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