Houston (AFP) – A court in Texas on Monday stayed the execution of Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14, who was due to be put to death on April 27 for the 2007 murder of her two-year-old daughter after a controversial trial. Pregnant with twins at the time, Lucio was immediately suspected by police after her daughter Mariah’s body was found at the family home covered in bruises. Lucio, 53, claims a confession was coerced by police during a five-hour interrogation and that the toddler’s death was actually caused by an accidental fall down a staircase. “This is a first step to obtaining a new trial, b…