Since she began her studies to become a lawyer, Kim Kardashian has been closely following different cases in which injustice is the main protagonist. After learning the story of the Mexican Melissa Lucio, the socialite joined the group of public figures who asked for the woman’s execution to be suspended and thus she celebrated that the court stopped the process.
A few days ago, the media revealed the story of Melissa Lucio, a Mexican sentenced to death since 2008 for the death of her two-year-old baby named Mariah. Prosecutors accused Melisa of child abuse because the little girl had different bruises caused by a fall from the stairs and as a resolution of the sentence, Melissa was to be executed on Wednesday, April 27.
According to Melissa’s lawyers, the girl died of a brain injury two days after the fall, which was actually an accident. In addition, they alleged that during the trial, “flawed evidence” was presented that misled the jury.
Kim Kardashian was one of the celebrities who joined a group of allies who petitioned Texas Governor Greg Abbott for clemency, who eventually granted it. According to new information, five members of the jury requested a new trial and last Monday the 25th a new opportunity was opened for the woman to prove her innocence.
Hours later, Kim reacted on her Twitter account with a message celebrating Melissa not being executed.
The best news of all! Melissa Lucio has been on death row for more than 14 years for the death of her daughter in a tragic accident. She is receiving a hearing on her claims in her case and has been granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Like Melissa’s attorneys, Kim has been arguing that the girl’s death was an accident and that there were so many unresolved questions surrounding the case that the evidence was used only to convict. In addition, the socialite expressed her opinion on the death penalty:
It’s stories like Melissa’s that make me speak so loudly about the death penalty in general and why it should be banned when people are suffering.
It is not the first time that the socialite has been involved in a case that includes the death penalty. Since Donald Trump was in power, she has advocated for a reform of the penal system throughout the country so that the evidence is better analyzed and has even been raising her voice for people who could not suffer the same fate. that Melissa.