Death Row mum facing execution over daughter's fall claims video evidence could save her

dailystar.co.uk:

US mother-of-14 is on Death Row after being convicted of the murder of her two-year-old daughter who tragically fell down the stairs.Melissa Lucio, from Texas, is facing death by lethal injection unless new evidence can be found that casts doubt over her conviction.The 50-year-old was found guilty of the death of her daughter Mariah Alvarez, who died after falling down a rickety old staircase outside their apartment.Ms Lucio’s life now relies on two pieces of video footage that the jury never saw when convicting her in 2007, the same year of the incident.The first video shows one of her sons speaking to one of the detectives just hours after little Mariah had died, reports news.com.au.A female officer asks the boy: “Did you see (your sister) fall (down the stairs) or did somebody tell you that she fell?”He responds: “No, I saw (her fall).”The second video shows a gruelling seven-hour integration Ms Lucio went through that started just hours after her daughter passed away and lasted until 3am.Ms Lucio had no lawyer present and was given no food or water throughout the duration.She was then told by a detective: “Right now, it looks like you’re a cold-blooded killer.

Now, are you a cold-blooded killer or were you a frustrated mother who just took it out on her?”He continued by telling her “we already know what happened”.After several hours of integration, Ms Lucio finally said: “guess I did it.