60 women are waiting for their execution on death row. Chau, Quoc, and the employee hid in the rear of a large walk-in cooler in the kitchen, turning out its light as they entered. They are often seen sleeping in a park near Zayala Elementary School. Absolute Documentaries is part of the Little Dot Studios Network. The California Supreme Court found that his conviction was the product of extensive, pervasive, impactful, and false forensic testimony. [14][15], In 1992, Carty was convicted of auto theft and impersonation of an FBI agent. This is the woman, now aged 52, whom the Trump administration intends to put to death in seven days' time on grounds that she is such a cold-hearted murderer that even being locked up for the. A court will consider new evidence regarding the case of Melissa Lucio and the death of her daughter, Mariah. The association between Frank and Lacaze became noticeable after other police officers witnessed Lacaze driving her car, and even observed him moving her police unit at the scene of an accident she was investigating. Please note that the Shop Hulu site is owned and operated by Snowcommerce. As of January 1, 2022, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund said there were 50 women on death row across the United States. Stream thousands of shows and movies, with plans starting at$7.99/month. His name was inscribed on the Memorial Wall at The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C.[10], Initially, the Vu family kept the restaurant open at the site of the tragedy in New Orleans East for a decade, until suffering flood damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and post-storm looters stealing jewelry which Ha and Cuong had been wearing when they were killed. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. On the surface, she checks all the boxes of the ideal culprit. Carty's fingerprints were in both cars. In November of 2020, TV One debuted a movie inspired by Antoinette Frank called Blood On Her Badge Archived November 24, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. We decided to follow five of them. A psychiatrist retained by the state disagreed that Frank showed symptoms of trauma; he agreed with the diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder with antisocial tendencies given to Frank by doctors at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women. The victim subsequently died of suffocation, but the baby was found unharmed. . Bryant ordered Wallace to drop the gun, which he did immediately and was restrained; Lacaze then lunged toward Wallace, but Bryant grabbed him. Linda Anita Carty (born 5 October 1958) is a Kittitian-American[a] former schoolteacher who is on death row in Texas. LCIW was damaged by 2016 flooding, so its prisoners, including Frank, were moved to other prisons.[24]. If you watch the documentary, you can see the stairs that she fell on," John Vincent Lucio. Sabrina Butler was convicted and sentenced to death in Mississippi in 1990 for the death of her nine-month-old son. On one occasion, Lacaze accompanied her on a complaint call where she introduced him as a "trainee"; on other occasions, she introduced Lacaze as her nephew. In. [22], In April 2022, a juror on the trial, Johnny Galvan Jr., wrote in the Houston Chronicle that he had wrongly succumbed to peer pressure during deliberations and had changed his vote from a life sentence to the death penalty. My gut told me that it was all messed up., Jason Flom, the founder of Lava Records who is an Innocence Project board member and the creator of the podcast Wrongful Conviction told Variety that the awful case of Melissa Lucio is an appalling example of just how broken our criminal legal system truly is., She was a victim, Flom went on, of a vicious and corrupt prosecutor who himself is currently serving time in federal prison [Armando Villalobos was convicted of bribery and extortion in 2014 for accepting over $100,000 in exchange for favorable outcomes in criminal trials and is currently serving a 13-year sentence in prison]; an incompetent and quite possibly compromised defense attorney; junk science; and above alla society in which the odds were stacked against her from birth., A court document highlights the horrific social conditions that afflicted Melissa and her children: The familys water has been turned off for a month. In at least three of those cases, evidence suggests that no crime occurred; the children died of medical conditions or accidents, not homicide. Melissas family, and some of her children, felt so railroaded by the justice system, they didnt trust anyone anymore. The director further explained that Melissas children have been placed all over Texas. If a majority of the Board of Pardons and Paroles were to recommend it, Governor Greg Abbott could grant clemency. On 26 February 2010, Carty appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, in which the British government filed an amicus curiae brief. We followed them down the green line.Subscribe Free Documentary Channel for free: https://bit.ly/2YJ4XzQJoin the club and become a Free Documentary Patron: https://www.patreon.com/freedocumentaryInstagram: https://instagram.com/free.documentary/Facebook: https://bit.ly/2QfRxbGTwitter: https://bit.ly/2QlwRiI#FreeDocumentary #Documentary #WomenOnDeathRowFree Documentary is dedicated to bringing high-class documentaries to you on YouTube for free. Then 42-year-old Maureen McDermott was a former nurse at County-USC Medical Center who allegedly hired a co-worker to kill her male roommate. The film revisits how a court-appointed attorney willingly set aside evidence, and a district attorney used Melissas case to be reelected. Frank informed him that Lacaze was with her and ordered him released. THIS DEATH ROW DOCUMENTARY WILL CHANGE YOU FOREVER! FREEDOM TUBE 3.64K subscribers Subscribe 630K views 2. [1], Investigators initially suspected Carty after discovering that she had told people she was going to have a baby despite not appearing pregnant. [3], Frank and Lacaze were indicted by an Orleans Parish grand jury on April 28, 1995. Linda Anita Carty (born 5 October 1958) is a Kittitian -American [a] former schoolteacher who is on death row in Texas. The children rely on the school for food and hygiene.. In this episode of Women of Death Row, Mariel tells the story of Dame Alice Kyteler, a woman condemned and burned to death at the stake for witchcraft in Ireland on November 3, 1324. On February 17, 2007, paramedics were called to the Lucio residence because two-year-old Mariah was unresponsive and not breathing. Frank refused to discuss her relationship with Lacaze during the DOC investigation, except to say that she was trying to help him. The NOPD was chronically short-handed; at the time, its officers were paid less than in similarly sized cities, it was losing officers faster than they could be replaced, and the ranks had been decimated by several arrests for murder and drug activity. Watch full seasons of exclusively streaming series, classic favorites, Hulu Originals, hit movies, current episodes, kids shows, and tons more. [5], Under the terms of the Bilateral Convention on Consular Officers (1951) between the United States and the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom's consular officials were entitled to be informed immediately upon her detention (art. When he met her at the police station on 16 May after she had been arrested, he asked her if the baby had been born, and she told him "not yet.". The state supreme court ruled on the case again. [15], A 2011 appeal against the conviction was denied by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The boy then responded: "No, I saw her fall. The intruders left, taking the baby with them. [9][10][11], Born in St. Kitts to Anguillan parents,[12] Carty holds British citizenship as St. Kitts was a British colony at the time of her birth. But Ms. Lucio and her family never got to mourn the loss of her youngest daughter because, within hours of her passing, they were swept up into a nightmare that has lasted more than 14 years and torn their family apart. Lucio was convicted in 2008, and her execution date is April 27, when she is set to receive a lethal injection. Her brother Rene movingly describes her childhood traumas and problems with addiction. The prosecutions principal evidence against Melissa was a videotaped confession she made while in police custody. Prosecutors said that Mariah's injuries were the result of physical abuse, while Lucio's attorneys say that her death was caused by a fall down the stairs two days prior. Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, Department of Public Safety and Corrections, damaged after floods resulting from levee failures, List of women on death row in the United States, "Killings That Broke The Spirit of a Besieged City", My visit with Antoinette Frank on death row: convicted cop killer, "Why Stay? NOPD officials also thought having more African-Americans like Frank on the force would ease longstanding racial tensions in the majority-black city. [15] In a new round of appeals, defense attorneys argued they had had too little time to review the voluminous record before the deadline for filing appeals. Melissa Lucio was the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas. Law enforcement, EMS officials ramp up efforts as spring break rolls in, Pleasant Weekend; Next Storm Chance Not Until Friday, Forecast: Beautiful weekend weather, warmer for next week, Family of woman on death row claims she's innocent, pleads for her release, Interim Study Committee on Criminal Justice Reform, 17-year-old Laci hopes to get adopted before she ages out of the Texas foster care system, 16-year-old driver tossed in Elgin tornado lucky to be alive, 'This is our only source of income': Round Rock family sees their food truck destroyed in tornado, Austin PD SWAT team responding to North Austin Walmart. Prisoners on death row in the U.S. tend to be men. Bryant thought the officer was making a traffic stop, but as he got closer, he saw the officer and two black men fighting on the side of the road. The documentary outlines why her conviction was an egregious miscarriage of justice. [27], In 2018, she petitioned the Supreme Court again, arguing that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals "refused to consider the cumulative prejudice" of constitutional errors in her case, including ineffective assistance of counsel and the State intentionally withholding "numerous items" of exculpatory evidence; however, the Court denied certiorari. Lucio's sister, Sonya Valencia Alvarez, said Lucio has spent the last 15 years grieving her daughter and Lucio's son, John Vincent Lucio, said his sister died by accident when she fell down a set of stairs. Chau initially could see Frank looking for something in the kitchen. According to this second warrant, Frank was scheduled for execution by lethal injection on December 8, 2008. During her litigation, Lucio earned notoriety as the first Hispanic woman on death row in Texas. They will be joined by Reps. James White (R-Hillister), Lacey Hull (R-Houston), Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston), and Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas). As Frank moved out of Chau's line of vision, additional gunshots were fired but then observed Frank searching where the Vus usually kept their money. Frank refused to discuss anything regarding the murders - every time the investigator asked her a question, she told him to "look it up in the record" or asserted her innocence. [11], In 1993, a year and a half before the murders at the Kim Anh, Frank's father had stayed at her home for a time before she then reported him missing. The next day, they needed only 45 minutes to recommend the death penalty. The Mississippi Supreme Court overturned Butlers conviction in 1992.Rodricus Crawford was convicted and sentenced to death in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, on charges that he had smothered his infant son. [17] This decision was subsequently overturned in an en banc hearing of the same court[18] and Lucio remained on death row. THEREFORE IT IS ALLOWED UNDER FAIR USE.This video has been uploaded following reasons:1) To demonstrate to the public the harsh reality of what a sentence of \"DEATH\" really means.2) To show the full horror of what it means to get it wrong when an innocent man is executed.3) The lasting damage it often causes to those carrying out the sentenceon all sides.4) The data shows the death penalty does not work as a deterrent.5) Too many innocent people are executed.Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. "[10], One of Lucio's sons was also questioned by law enforcement shortly after Mariah's death. Although Frank graduated near the top of her academy class, her tenure with the NOPD was mostly undistinguished. Trevor McDonald enters Death Row at one of America's oldest and most notorious maximum-security prisons to meet the very people whose crimes have led to the ultimate punishment. Three older children went to live in Houston with their father, and Lucio regained custody of the others in late 2006.[5]. The project is an unflinching look at a deeply diseased society, corrupted through and through by social inequality and the aristocratic principle that the wealthy and powerful can do whatever they want, while the poor and powerless are to be humiliated and degraded. She was believed to be the first New Orleans police officer to have been charged with killing a fellow officer. [6], Frank's trial began on September 5, 1995, also before Marullo. The State of Texas wants to kill me, Melissa bluntly tells the camera in the movies opening sequence. [13], Lucios defense argued that Mariah's injuries were from falling down the stairs, and that Lucio's psychological functioning contributed to her conflicting reports given to authorities. Then she directed them to a location where both cars were found: the live baby was in one, and the suffocated victim was in the back of the other. [1], Chau and Frank were questioned in detail while seated at different tables in the restaurant. It played at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020, and won best documentary at the Raindance Film Festival. AUSTIN, Texas A bipartisan group of lawmakers held a press conference at the Texas Capitol on Thursday to discuss their support of clemency or a reprieve for Melissa Lucio. It is an adaptation of John Grisham's non-fiction book, 'The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town,' published in 2006. The Fear of 13. As Williams fell, Lacaze continued to shoot him in the head and back, mortally wounding him. Chau told Frank she knew what she had done and cried to the officers that Frank had committed the crimes. International Committee of the Fourth International. Guerinot's co-counsel has disputed this. The documentary stands as a rebuke to the indifference of the media and the fanatical self-obsession of the identity politics crowd who could care less about the fate of people like Van Tassels subject. [13], Lucio was pregnant with twins at the time of Mariah's death, and authorities compelled her to place them for adoption after delivering them while in jail. See the full list of inmates currently on Death Row within the Arkansas Division of Correction including date of sentence. But Inez's family believes otherwise. Detained in Arizona, Shawna Forde . Was her child's death really a murder? The letter stated they had a grudge against Carty. This constitutes 1.87% of the total death row population of 2,943 persons.In the past 100 years, over 40 women have been executed. Save your data and watch offline. Who are they? The first is accused of kidnapping and killing her neighbor to abduct her baby. "[12], Police and prosecutors believe that the skull was that of Adam Frank, and that Antoinette murdered him. Melissa Elizabeth Lucio (born June 18, 1969) is the first woman of Hispanic descent to be sentenced to death in the U.S. state of Texas. Then, she shot Cuong six times. She was aided by her probable lover, drug dealer Rogers Lacaze. At the time, commissioned law enforcement officers were legally barred from sitting on a jury. DEATH. The State of Texas vs. Melissa is a character study about a woman on death row who is on her last appeal, and is about to be executed, commented director Van Tassel in an interview with Women and Hollywood . Death Row Family (2017) by Yuki Kobayashi. Its hard to wake up every morning in the same old ugly cage.Its hard to get along with these people full of rage.Its hard to move ahead when the clock is running slow.Its hard to have so many questions with answers I dont know.Its hard to think Im smart when I have lost everything so fast.Its hard to think about the future when Im still stuck in the past.Its hard to feel their love when my family is so far.Its hard to forget about the mistakes when theyve left so many scars.Its hard to move on when in life I have no role.With everything being toohard, youd think Id just give up.But the only thing about being at the bottom is the only way is up. The State of Texas authorized the use of the electric chair in 1923, and ordered all executions to be carried out by the state in Huntsville. When Chau had let her out on the last visit, she could not find the front door key, and with Frank returning for the third time, she sensed something was wrong. Frank had taken a statement from Lacaze after he was shot on the street, and initially got closer to him in hopes of turning his life around. The letter cites significant doubts about "Ms. Lucios guilt, her disparate treatment compared to her husband and co-defendant, who received a four-year sentence, and the impact her execution will have on her supportive family and faith community.". Set in the heart of the Latino community of South Texas, the film explores the life and trials of Melissa Lucio, the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death row in Texas, the state. She was hired on February 7, 1993, and graduated from the police academy on February 28. In a video, a female officer asks the boy: "Did you see your sister fall down the stairs or did somebody tell you that she fell?" The 10-year-old case, they say, remains under investigation. Citing trial court interference in her right to present a defense, a federal appeals court has overturned the conviction of Melissa Lucio, a Texas mother who was sentenced to death for murdering her two-year-old daughter.In an unpublished, unsigned opinion issued on July 29, 2019, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said that trial court rulings that blocked Melissa Elizabeth Lucio from calling an expert witness to challenge the reliability of statements she gave to police violated Lucios right to present a complete defense. The appeals court reversed a federal district court decision that had upheld Lucios conviction and death sentence and returned the case to the lower court to grant Lucio a new trial.Several people have been exonerated from death row after being wrongfully convicted of killing children. At times, they thought Frank veered into irrational behavior. Content Licensed by ITV Global. Frank had sometimes worked there off-duty as a security guard. "[24], On April 25, 2022, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution and ordered the 138th Judicial District Court of Cameron County to consider new evidence of Lucio's innocence in the death of her daughter. Hanging was means of execution from 1819 to 1923. Lewis, now in her 80s, is petite, sprightly and measured; on camera, she pores over old records with an unmitigated curiosity and residual anxiety over potential missed diagnoses from years before. [25], A 2020 documentary by Sabrina Van Tassel titled The State of Texas vs. Melissa follows Lucio's case. While some of them hope to have their cases reviewed. Frank's attorney stated she would appeal the ruling to the state's supreme court, which had already overruled both of Marullo's death warrants. The family has been homeless for the past six weeks. On May 22, 2007, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled 52 that the death penalty should be upheld. After several hours of interrogation, Lucio stated, "I guess I did it. We decided to follow five of them. This is common among women on death row, including Lisa Montgomery, the last woman executed in the United States. As Chau bolted through the restaurant's front door to the safety of arriving officers, Frank immediately identified herself as a police officer. In early May 2001, Carty and her husband separated. She was placed under arrest. Her fellow officers thought she was rather shy, had no idea what police work really entailed, and lacked the decisiveness to be a good officer. Whether youre into true crime, stories from around the world, family and social life, science or psychology, weve got you covered with must-see full-length documentaries every week. 16(1) of the Convention). pic.twitter.com/vfb4QeOtY1, The lawmakers are among dozens of Texas legislators who have signed a letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles asking it to act in Melissa Lucio's case. Read the Supplemental Clemency Petition here. Nationwide, as of October, there are over 2,500 men and women sitting on death row that consist of 1,062 Black people, 1,076 White people, 343 Latinos, 24 Native Americans, 47 Asians and one. Women on Death Row | Prison DocumentaryBehind Bars: South Cotabato Jail, Philippines: https://youtu.be/A8slYgeqGLwIn the United States, 54 women are \"on hold\" for the execution of their death sentence. As Frank turned back to the restaurant dining room, Chau grabbed Quoc to hide somewhere.
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