A woman facing execution in Texas for killing her daughter is seeking clemency, claiming she was coerced into confessing to the crime.
The celebrity has now joined the fight to win a stay of execution for a Texas mom, Melissa Lucio, who is on death row for killing her daughter. A rally is planned for Thursday.
Hours after Mariah's death, Lucio was interrogated by police for over five hours, according to her lawyers. She was especially vulnerable, her lawyers say, as she was grieving for her daughter, pregnant with twins at the time, and a victim of abuse and trauma throughout her life. After the trial, in which the prosecution said that her daughter's injuries could have only been caused by abuse, Lucio was found guilty of capital murder and sentenced to death. Her husband and Mariah's father, Robert Alvarez, was sentenced to four years in prison for child endangerment.
Potkin said Lucio's presumed guilt"was a complete rush to judgment" spurred on by misunderstanding, a"highly manipulative and coercive" interrogation and faulty forensics.
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