Some stories are so crazy, they’re outrageously difficult to believe. Mayra Rosales used to weigh 1,200 pounds. She took up an entire king-size bed, couldn’t stand because her legs wouldn’t support her body weight, and was considered one of the heaviest women in the world. She became the poster girl for unhealthy lifestyles when, in 2008, she admitted to killing her 2-year-old nephew by sitting on and crushing him. Facing the death penalty in Texas, her trial was a circus, with media filming every minute of it — from men cutting a hole in Mayra’s house so she could be transported to court in a van to the woman facing capital punishment charges while sitting on a bed that was brought into the courtroom for her.

As it turns out, everyone was wrong about Mayra. And the 33-year-old has since turned her life around in a most inspirational way.

The thing is: Mayra wasn’t guilty. She was covering for her sister, Jamie, who had been abusing her own child and is now serving 15 years for his murder. I’m having a problem rallying behind a woman who tried to hide her nephew’s death, I admit. I would feel better about this story if she had turned her sister in from the beginning, but the truth is Mayra felt like she was going to die anyway — she wanted to die — and thought she would be doing everyone a favor by protecting her sister.

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