but they are interest to doubt the crime ever happened. and some are trying to fight the execution, including kim kardashian, and dozens of lawmakers. the attorneys say the case was due by a rush to judgment. she told her police that she was packing to move, when she realized her daughter mariah had fallen down the stairs. she didn t realize that the fall was that bad, but then the little girl began vomiting and having trouble breathing. apparently she later died at hospital. according to court records, a forensic pathologist concluded before completing the autopsy that mariah had been abused, but there was no documented history of melissa abusing her daughter. and then there was a late night interrogation, police gave the video of that, which shows them asking her if she is a cold blooded killer. in a session that went until 3 am. she was charged capital murder.