Melissa Lucio's Life is Spared on Death Row

Melissa Lucio has been on death row for 14 years for the death of her two year old daughter. She was due to be executed on Wednesday, April 27th.  After appeals from advocates, Texas lawmakers, and even five of the jurors on her original trial, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay on her execution on Monday, April 25th. 

We speak with Jolie McCullough, reporter for The Texas Tribune covering criminal justice and policy about Lucio’s case and what the court’s decisions means looking ahead.  Then, we look at the politics of motherhood and what constitutes a “good” and “bad” mother with Jane Aiken, Dean and Professor of Law at Wake Forest University and author of the article “Motherhood as Misogyny.”