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Death row inmate Melissa Lucio 'innocent' in daughter's death, judge finds

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Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (GATESVILLE, Tx.) — The family of Melissa Lucio, a death row inmate whose execution was delayed in 2022, expressed hope that the Texas woman would be freed after a judge concluded last month that Lucio is “actually innocent” after she was convicted of capital murder in 2008 for the death of her 2-year-old daughter. “This is the best news we could get going into the holidays,” said her son, John Lucio, and daughter-in-…

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