welcome back. it s a woman we remember from the amanda knox trial, a woman kept for a crime she did not commit. now the arizona mother of seven in jail in mexico accused of drug smuggling is speaking to us from behind bars. rafael spoke with yannira maldonado and joins us now. you were able to speak to this woman. how does she look? how s she doing? reporter: considering that she s been in jail for more than a week for a crime that she says she did not commit, she is not doing very good, anderson. and let me tell you, when she first saw us at the prison, we were essentially the first outsiders, other than her family, that she had seen in a week, and she started crying. she was very emotional and just
jon: an arizona mother of seven jailed in mexico now is back in court today. yannira maldonado arrested a week ago. she was accused of smuggling 12 pounds marijuana from mexico into the u.s. or at least attempting to do so. her family says this is all one big mistake and she is innocent. a mexican judge is expected to decide by this friday whether or not to dismiss the charges against her, or move forward with a trial. let s turn to our legal panel. faith jenkins, a former prosecutor. esther panitche is a criminal defense attorney. faith, reading what happened here, the evidence, i mean from a prosecution standpoint in this country, the evidence against her seems mighty thin. she is on a bus with her husband headed back into the united states.
appointment of a special prosecutor. this issue disappears of off the public radar scope for next two years. frankly the american people and government, the administration would be better served getting facts out and letting the american people make their own conclusions about this and deciding whether or not there ought to be a criminal prosecution of any people involved in this. martha: we ll see. going to a busy june. karl, thank you so much. june, july, august. martha: the whole summer. bill: an arizona mother of seven children is now being held in a mexican prison facing serious drug charges but her family says this is just one big mistake. the family talks about yannira maldonado as a devout mormon who has never been in trouble in her life. she and her husband were coming home on a bus out of mexico heading to phoenix after attending their aunt s funeral when the bus was boarded by authorities and searched. get this. the authorities claim they found 12 pound of marijuana under