Why is Kim Kardashian DEFENDING Melissa Lucio, the Mexican who will be executed in Texas?

melissa Lucioa 52-year-old Mexican, will become the first Latina to be executed in the state of Texas on April 27, despite efforts to apprehend her by the prosecutor.

Kim Kardashian has joined a group asked not to be executedbut obviously this is imminent.

She will be the first woman since 2014 to receive this sentence, the execution of which is disputed in the middle growing doubts as to whether he beat his daughter to death 2-year-old Maria in 2007, in Harlingen, South Texas.

Kim Kardashian asks for mercy for Melissa Lucio

Since last March, Kim Kardashian, relatives of Melissa Lucio and a group of allies from both the Republican and Democratic parties have been appealing to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for favors.

Inside her requested that the execution not take place or postponed: “These are Melissa-like stories that make me talk so loudly about the death penalty in general and why should be banned when innocent people suffer“, Said the businesswoman on Twitter in early April.

The TV star is studying law and is no stranger to the activism of the death penalty. He has previously been involved in cases involving other detainees in situations similar to those of Lucio.

Although the jury found the woman guilty, Kim Kardashian claims that death of Mariah, daughter of Melissa Lucioit was a “tragic accident”, and that it should not have caused the loss of another life.

Prosecutors argue that the minor fell victim to child abuse because his body was covered with bruises. It was testified by a medical examiner The girl died from a blow to the head.

Authorities say Lucio had a history of drug use and occasionally lost custody of some of his 14 children, according to the Associated Press.

Her lawyers say jurors have never heard forensic evidence that many of Mariah’s injuries were due to a fall down the stairs.

For Kim Kardashian ” there are so many unanswered questions “about this case and the information used to convict her,” he said on Twitter.

Kim Kardashian and her fight for criminal justice reform

Ever since Donald Trump was president of the United States, Kanye West’s ex-wife has been pushing for efforts to reform the country’s penitentiary system.

In an interview in early April on the podcast “Uncommon ground with Van Jones”, he said that “wherever you look in the judiciary, you encounter an obstacle“.

“And you wish (it could be) different, from mandatory minimums to felony murder rules. I could dig into every corner and tell you the chaos out there,” he said.

” The right people must be set free “We must not stop fighting for the people no one wants to fight for.”

In November 2021, Kevin Stitt, a death row inmate backed by Kim KardashianCarrie Washington, Viola Davis and other celebrities received a mutation a few hours after his execution.

The Kardashian family member also mediated in 2018 on to change Alice Marie Johnson’s sentence, an African-American man sentenced to life in prison for a non-violent drug offense. Johnson was released after serving a 20-year sentence.