The execution of Melissa Lucio is off. At least for now.Lucio, 52, had been set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday (US time) for the death of her two-year-old daughter Mariah in Harlingen, a town on Texas’ southern tip.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals intervened today, granting Lucio’s lawyers’ request for a stay of execution so a lower court can review claims that new evidence would show Mariah's injuries, including a blow to the head, were caused by a fall down a steep staircase.
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