USA - A Cameron County's jury decided that Melissa Elizabeth Lucio, 39, should be sentenced to death

A Cameron County's jury decided that Melissa Elizabeth Lucio, 39, should be sentenced to death for killing her 2-year-old daughter Mariah Alvarez. The girl died from blunt force trauma injuries on Feb. 17, 2007. Child Protective Services said Lucio has 13 other children. Melissa Lucio is the 1st woman in Cameron County's history to be given the death penalty. For failing to prevent the beatings that resulted in Mariah's death, Lucio's live-in boyfriend will go on trial Aug. 4. Although investigators do not believe he participated in the abuse, Roberto Antonio Alvarez faces a charge of injury to a child by omission because prosecutors said he did nothing to stop it. Alvarez could face up to life in prison if convicted. State records show that there are 9 other women on death row in Texas.