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Texas court rejects death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s bid for new trial

Texas court rejects death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s bid for new trial
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected Melissa Lucio’s latest effort to overturn her 2008 conviction and death sentence for the death of her 2-year-old daughter, ruling that she failed to show prosecutors withheld evidence that could have changed the outcome of her trial.

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