The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio and ordered a lower court to consider new evidence of Lucio’s innocence in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah. Lucio was scheduled to die on Wednesday; now she may get a new trial. Her attorneys say Lucio, who is a survivor of a lifetime of abuse, was pressured to make a false confession and didn’t get a fair trial. On Monday, The Texas Tribune recorded as state Representative Jeff Leach spoke by phone with Lucio to break the news. He was talking to her on death row.

Rep. Jeff Leach: “You haven’t heard the news yet?”

Melissa Lucio: “No. What happened?”

Rep. Jeff Leach: “The court of criminal appeals issued a stay of your execution for Wednesday.”

Melissa Lucio: “Are you serious? When is this happening?”

Rep. Jeff Leach: “We just got word about 15 minutes ago.”

Melissa Lucio: “Oh my god! That is wonderful! Oh my god!”

On Monday, members of Lucio’s family gathered at the Gatesville prison north of Austin, where they celebrated news of the reprieve. This is Melissa Lucio’s son, John.

John Lucio: “It’s been 15 long years, you know? And so we say to ourselves, I mean, god forbid, I mean, but if it takes another two years, three years, four years, it really don’t matter; I mean, we’re going to hug her regardless, you know? I mean, and it will be soon because she won’t be on death row much longer. And we’ll have, more likely, physical contact.”