Five jury members who sentenced Texas woman to death call for new trial

Lawyers for Melissa Lucio say she was coerced into confessing and was falsely convicted of killing her toddler daughter

Nearly half the jury members who sentenced a Texas woman to death for the murder of her young child in 2007 are asking for her execution to be halted and for her to receive a new trial.

Five of the 12 jurors who sentenced 52-year-old Melissa Lucio of Cameron county to death for killing her two-year-old daughter, along with one alternate jury member, have questioned their original decision and asked for a new trial, reports the Associated Press.