Texas Death Row Inmate Melissa Lucio Granted Stay of Execution

Texas death row prisoner Melissa Lucio was sentenced over the 2007 death of her daughter, Mariah. Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday granted a stay of execution for a woman who was set to be judicially killed on Wednesday for the 2007 death of one of her 14 children, ordering a lower court to review new evidence in the case.

Lawyers for Mexican-American Melissa Lucio, 52, say new evidence will prove her innocence in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah.