Is Texas Sending Melissa Lucioto Die for
a CrimeThat Never Happened?
The Intercept,
by
Liliana Segura
&
Jordan Smith
Original Article
Posted By: zoidberg,
3/8/2022 10:04:06 AM
Dr. Thomas Young is adamant: Melissa Lucio should not be put to death. “This would be a horrible, horrible tragedy if she ends up getting executed over this,” he said. “It’s just not right.” Young is a veteran forensic pathologist and the former chief medical examiner in Kansas City, Missouri. For years he has sounded the alarm about forensic science practices that lead to wrongful convictions, with a focus on faulty inferences in death investigations. He said that’s exactly what happened in Lucio’s case.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 3/8/2022 10:11:30 AM (No. 1093584)
Color me skeptical.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
PageTurner 3/8/2022 10:15:00 AM (No. 1093588)
I think the article lays out a good case. In hazy cases like this, the death penalty is a very bad idea. I believe the mother, who was far from perfect, unlikely to have killed the kid. She was a fat welfare mama with multiple kids from multiple fathers but she didn't know any better. What's more kids do better even with lousy mothers than they do in the hands of the state. The state is doing an injustice on this one, and it's dangerous -- it has potential to sway the public into ending the death penalty and letting all bad guys out entirely.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Highlander 3/8/2022 10:26:14 AM (No. 1093603)
With eleven kids with one toddler with special needs, this women seems guilty only of not having eagle eyes on the little girl. Believe me, it’s amazing how easily little ones get themselves into trouble not at all the parent’s fault. My take is the poor woman was overwhelmed by her circumstances.
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I have also seen episodes of reality television that found a lot of forensic experts/M.E.'s miss obvious signs that a crime actually happened. So the reverse can happen as well. Unless they prove that some kind of genetic illness is responsible for all the bruising, I am not buying this guy's story about Mom being innocent. Mom knows what she did, and so does God. However, commuting her sentence to life without parole would probably be a better solution in this hazy case.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
kono 3/8/2022 11:14:26 AM (No. 1093682)
Unfortunately, I was unable to read the whole thing in the 2 seconds that the article showed, before being blocked by a site-registration form.
Our private contact information is a kind of legal tender online, and marketers pay to get it. So requiring us to give our contact info to read the article DOES constitute a paywall, regardless of what the form says.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 3/8/2022 11:20:14 AM (No. 1093691)
Two of her own children told investigators they saw the little girl fall down the stairs. The mom has had a rough life being sexually abused at a young age. It’s a sad sad story all the way around. Investigators seem to like fast answers rather than the truth.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Californian 3/8/2022 11:23:18 AM (No. 1093699)
I'm in favor of the death penalty for 100% clear cases. You can't undo a mistake if you're wrong in a dp case and execute an innocent person.
This case is definitely not one of those clear cases.
I can't tell from the article how guilty she is or if she's just a bad or overwhelmed parent. But definitely wouldn't execute her for this one.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Geoman 3/8/2022 5:06:11 PM (No. 1094095)
FTA: "While they have generally enjoyed a larger-than-life mythology in Texas, the Rangers have a history marked by racism and brutality. Wearing his gun in a leather holster and the iconic white cowboy hat that is synonymous with the agency, Escalon leaned in toward Lucio. He was there, it seemed, to turn the screws." The entire article is fatally biased against the death penalty and law enforcement in Texas.
The Rangers have a history of being accused of racism and brutality. Sound familiar? The Rangers are a very small, selective, dedicated force drawn from the ranks of Texas' Department of Public Safety and what the article fails to mention is that Rangers are as likely to be called in to investigate accusations of police wrongdoing as they are to be called in to assist the police in an investigation. The modern Rangers are what the FBI used to be before they were turned into a DNC enforcement outfit. A friend and former business partner was a retired Chief Ranger, and has a very storied history with Texas DPS and the Rangers. He was also the Ranger's first black sergeant, lieutenant, and captain. It stands to reason that he was the first black Ranger Chief. The Rangers developed a bad reputation among Mexican nationals of the brutal, criminal persuasion. Yes, they killed a number of Mexican bandits and murderers who used to cross the border to rob, rape, murder and steal and when confronted by the Rangers would decide to engage in gunfire. The Rangers usually came out as the ones left standing over such encounters.
One cannot simply read this article, with speculation written as fact, for the purpose of declaring the guilt or innocence of Ms Lucio and render an informed judgment. Even the testimony of the out-of-state ME (paid "expert"witness) cannot be held up as incontrovertible fact. This article reeks of democrat identity politics. Rangers and TX LEOs bad, minority mom good, as if that should settle the argument once and for all. I can only hope that justice is done, however that plays out. No real Texas LEO has any desire to see an innocent person executed any more than they wish to see someone guilty of murder go free, a sentiment that separates the leftists from the Normals in this country.
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