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A few months ago, in that blurry haze of new motherhood, I left my infant daughter Eureka on the couch for just a few seconds. She rolled and slipped and tumbled to the floor, hitting her head, then burst out crying. /a thread to #SaveMelissaLucio
I held her against my chest, crying myself, trying to calm her, feeling like the worst mother in the world. My mom reassured me that I'd hit my own head in the exact same way more than once. And sure enough, Eureka was fine. Not even a bruise.
It's a rite of passage, I learned, the first time your child falls, that first moment of parental negligence, that first jolt of unexpected pain that shocks them (and you) into tears. But an hour later, they're okay and you're okay, and life goes on. Unless it doesn't.
Last night at dinner, I mentioned I would be home late today. My 7-year-old asked why.
I told him about the rally I was attending to help #SaveMelissaLucio and he asked if he could go with me. I said not this time, so he got up from the table and went to get his art supplies…
I told him about the rally I was attending to help #SaveMelissaLucio and he asked if he could go with me. I said not this time, so he got up from the table and went to get his art supplies…
When I asked what he was doing, he said, “Making a sign. If I can’t be there, I still want to help.”
As he was writing, he asked how to spell “execute” and “people.” When I asked if he’d like to put Melissa’s name instead of “people,” he said…
As he was writing, he asked how to spell “execute” and “people.” When I asked if he’d like to put Melissa’s name instead of “people,” he said…
“No, because then they’ll think it’s ok to execute other people besides Melissa. They shouldn’t execute anyone.”
I agree with him, we shouldn’t execute anyone, but we especially shouldn’t execute people who are wrongfully convicted like Melissa.
I agree with him, we shouldn’t execute anyone, but we especially shouldn’t execute people who are wrongfully convicted like Melissa.
THREAD: Melissa Lucio has maintained her innocence on Texas death row for over 14 years. Shell be executed on April 27, 2022. For murder of her 2 y/o daughter Mariah. *But Mariah wasn’t murdered.* She died after an accidental fall down steep stairs. More:innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop…
Texas is scheduled to execute Melissa Lucio for a crime that never occurred in less than 90 days. Melissa, like nearly 70% of exonerated women, has been convicted of a crime that never took place (events that were actually accidents, deaths by suicide, or fabricated).
Melissa is a survivor of sexual abuse and violence that she has endured her whole life beginning age 6. Her history of abuse makes her especially vulnerable to coercive tactics and falsely confessing.
