With 15 days left, Cameron County DA refuses to revoke warrant for execution for Melissa Lucio yet

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday, the interim Texas House Committee on Criminal Justice Reform held a hearing at the Capitol to drill down on the circumstances surrounding Melissa Lucio's scheduled upcoming execution.
Lucio was convicted 15 years ago of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah. She's maintained her innocence, and her lawyers now say she may have been coerced into a confession on the day her daughter died. Last week, her lawyers filed for a retrial.What’s behind a bipartis