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4/29/22 Jordan Smith on Melissa Lucio and the Pitfalls of Capital Punishment
4/29/22 Jordan Smith on Melissa Lucio and the Pitfalls of Capital Punishment
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57 minutes
Released:
May 3, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Scott is joined by investigative journalist Jordan Smith to discuss Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman awaiting execution. Smith walks us through Lucio’s case where the tragic death of her child was immediately assumed by police and prosecutors to be foul play. Smith’s reporting has uncovered the ways Lucio was misled and manipulated into falsely incriminating herself only hours after losing her child. Lucio narrowly avoided execution last week, but she still has a long fight ahead of her to avoid being killed by the State of Texas. Smith explains where things stand for Lucio going forward.
Discussed on the show:
“Melissa Lucio’s Life Was Spared At The Last Minute, What Happens Now?” (The Intercept)
“How the flawed ‘science’ of bite mark analysis has sent innocent people to prison” (Washington Post)
Jordan Smith is an investigative journalist based in Austin, Texas. She has covered criminal justice for 20 years and is regarded as one of the best investigative reporters in Texas. A longtime staff writer for the Austin Chronicle, she now writes for The Intercept.
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Discussed on the show:
“Melissa Lucio’s Life Was Spared At The Last Minute, What Happens Now?” (The Intercept)
“How the flawed ‘science’ of bite mark analysis has sent innocent people to prison” (Washington Post)
Jordan Smith is an investigative journalist based in Austin, Texas. She has covered criminal justice for 20 years and is regarded as one of the best investigative reporters in Texas. A longtime staff writer for the Austin Chronicle, she now writes for The Intercept.
This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio.
Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
May 3, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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