Aqua RichJo | September 25, 2026 Melissa Lucio remains on Texas death row after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected a lower court’s finding that she was innocent of her daughter’s 2007 death. Four judges dissented. The ruling does not set an immediate execution date. This case has several legal decisions that cannot be folded into one headline. Lucio was convicted and sentenced to death in 2008. In 2024, a district judge recommended overturning her conviction and fin

KERA reports at least five other in-custody deaths at the Tarrant County Jail this year and more than 80 jail deaths since Sheriff Bill Waybourn took office in 2017.