Race/Related: The Impending Execution of Melissa Lucio

The case has drawn widespread attention because of new evidence and expert testimony casting strong doubt about her guilt. 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The Case Uniting the Left and the Right in Texas [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0TCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvai1kYXZpZC1nb29kbWFuP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNDIzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MjUxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDA3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmFO3GNi0iOEJVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) By [J. David Goodman](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0TCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvai1kYXZpZC1nb29kbWFuP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNDIzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MjUxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDA3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmFO3GNi0iOEJVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Houston Bureau Chief, National HOUSTON — In less than a week, Texas is set to execute Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14 who was convicted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter more than a decade ago. The execution would be the first of a Hispanic woman in Texas, and it has drawn widespread attention — from a [2020 documentary](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVsdS5jb20vbW92aWUvdGhlLXN0YXRlLW9mLXRleGFzLXZzLW1lbGlzc2EtNDhlNjQ2ZTQtYmUwNS00NDY1LTgxNWEtYTNlYjk3NTZjOTE0P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNDIzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MjUxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDA3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmFO3GNi0iOEJVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) to a recent segment on [“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA0MjMmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkyNTEmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMDc3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZ2PWtwWVlkQ3pUcHBzVwNueXRCCmJhTtxjYtIjhCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) — because of new evidence and expert testimony casting strong doubt about her guilt. Ms. Lucio’s case has also done something rare in the intensely polarized political climate of Texas: It has brought Democratic and Republican lawmakers together in mutual outcry. Scores of legislators have called for clemency or at least a reprieve, including those who are ordinarily vigorous backers of the death penalty. “It will be a historic, irreversible blunder on the part of the State of Texas if we go forward with this,” said State Representative Jeff Leach, a Republican from north of Dallas who has been a leading voice in Texas urging a halt to the execution. “I’ve never seen a more troubling case than the case of Melissa Lucio.” Five of the jurors in her case have also come out in favor of clemency or a reprieve, citing in part the new evidence. “I voted to sentence Melissa Lucio to death. I was wrong,” [one wrote in The Houston Chronicle](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP4QKAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmhvdXN0b25jaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL29waW5pb24vb3V0bG9vay9hcnRpY2xlL09waW5pb24tSS12b3RlZC10by1zZW50ZW5jZS1NZWxpc3NhLUx1Y2lvLXRvLTE3MDUxNDM3LnBocD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDQyMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTI1MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAwNzcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhTtxjYtIjhCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). The challenges to Ms. Lucio’s execution highlight familiar failings of the nation’s criminal justice system, including a confession given after hours of interrogation, evidence presented as scientific that has since been questioned, an inadequate defense and gender bias. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTc0MTQ5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDQyM1cDbnl0QgpiYU7cY2LSI4QlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ “Police targeted Melissa because she didn’t fit their image of how a grieving mother should behave” in the aftermath of her daughter’s death, said Sandra Babcock, one of Ms. Lucio’s lawyers and the director of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide. Ms. Lucio’s daughter Mariah died at home. Her lawyers have said that Mariah went down for a nap and did not wake up and that, two days earlier, she had fallen down a flight of stairs. An autopsy said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head. The fact that Ms. Lucio is on death row at all is an outlier. It is rare for prosecutors to seek the death penalty in a case where a mother has been charged with killing her children, her lawyers said. One issue her lawyers are raising is the legal provision — unique to Texas — under which prosecutors must prove a person’s “future dangerousness” in order to secure a death sentence. Ms. Lucio did not have a history of acting violently before Mariah’s death, so prosecutors relied heavily on disciplinary records from her time behind bars after her arrest. Ms. Lucio’s lawyers have argued that the prosecution misrepresented those records and that she had not engaged in [significant misconduct](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0TNaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmF0aW9uYWxtZW1vLmNvbS9tZWxpc3NhLWx1Y2lvLTI2NTcxMjgwNjQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMjA0MjMmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9NTkyNTEmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTkwMDc3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpiYU7cY2LSI4QlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NTc3JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDQyM1cDbnl0QgpiYU7cY2LSI4QlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Ms. Lucio’s mother, Esperanza Treviño, pleaded to the public on the steps of the Cameron County Courthouse in Brownsville.Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald, via Associated Press Ms. Lucio, who lived in the border city of Harlingen, struggled to provide for her large family. At the time of Mariah’s death, she was pregnant with twins and already had 12 children. She had part-time work as a home health aide, her lawyers said, but struggled with drug addiction and often relied on soup kitchens for food. At one point, the family was homeless and living in a park. Child Protective Services took her children from her for a time because of neglect, but her lawyers said Ms. Lucio had no documented history of abusing her children. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk5JmxpPVJSJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1SUl8yMDIyMDQyM1cDbnl0QgpiYU7cY2LSI4QlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ At the time of Mariah’s death in 2007, Ms. Lucio lived with Mariah’s father, Robert Alvarez, and nine children; the family had just moved into a new apartment. The police interviewed both Mr. Alvarez and Ms. Lucio, but her lawyers said they approached Mr. Alvarez much differently, treating him more as a witness than a suspect. He was eventually convicted of a much lesser charge of causing injury to Mariah by omission — by failing to seek medical care for her — and sentenced to four years in prison. Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yMi91cy9tZWxpc3NhLWx1Y2lvLXRleGFzLWV4ZWN1dGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNDIzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MjUxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDA3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmFO3GNi0iOEJVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). Photographs by Djeneba Aduayom 6 Kids Speak Out Against Hair Discrimination By Charley Locke One day last spring, Jett Hawkins, 5, asked his mom to braid his hair for him. He loved the way it looked: “I was so proud and happy,” says Jett, who lives in Chicago. But when he got to school, his mother says, an administrator called her and told her that his hairstyle had broken a school policy that banned students from wearing braids, locs and twists. Jett is not the only kid who has been singled out at school for wearing natural Black styles. Hair-based discrimination can be official, like when a school handbook states that students can’t wear braids, or unofficial, like when a teacher tells a student that their Afro is “too distracting.” Either way, it “sends the message that your culture and your identity is not accepted,” says Danielle Apugo, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies Black women and girls’ experiences at school. Kids, parents and others have been fighting back. After Jett’s mother, Ida Nelson, gave [an interview to a local newspaper about what happened,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP4QtAWh0dHBzOi8vYmxvY2tjbHViY2hpY2Fnby5vcmcvMjAyMS8wMy8xOC93ZXN0LXNpZGUtcHJpdmF0ZS1zY2hvb2wtZm9yY2VzLTQteWVhci1vbGQtYm95LXRvLXJlbW92ZS1oaXMtYnJhaWRzLXdoeS1hcmUtd2UtcG9saWNpbmctYmxhY2stY2hpbGRyZW5zLWhhaXIvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNDIzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MjUxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDA3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmFO3GNi0iOEJVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) an Illinois state senator named Mike Simmons read about it and decided to propose a new law so it wouldn’t ever happen again. In January, the Jett Hawkins Act went into effect, preventing Illinois schools from creating dress codes based on hairstyles. At least 14 other states have also passed similar laws making it illegal to discriminate against people based on wearing hairstyles associated with race, including at school. These laws are often named the CROWN Act, which stands for Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, and soon they might go national: On March 18, the [U.S. House of Representatives passed its own version of the CROWN Act.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP4QAAWh0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3MvaG91c2UvNTk4NzU3LWhvdXNlLXBhc3Nlcy1jcm93bi1hY3QtYmFubmluZy1yYWNlLWJhc2VkLWhhaXItZGlzY3JpbWluYXRpb24vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjIwNDIzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTU5MjUxJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD05MDA3NyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKYmFO3GNi0iOEJVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) If it ends up passing the Senate, Black students and others all over the country will be able to wear their hair how they want, without having to worry about being disciplined or targeted. Read the rest of the story [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRkRmFOP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMi8wNC8yMi9tYWdhemluZS9raWRzLWhhaXItZGlzY3JpbWluYXRpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIyMDQyMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD01OTI1MSZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9OTAwNzcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmJhTtxjYtIjhCVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). This article was originally published in the April issue of The New York Times for Kids. Find the section in your paper this Sunday, April 24 (and the last Sunday of every month). EDITOR’S PICKS We publish many articles that touch on race. Here are several you shouldn’t miss. 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