The Last 12 Weeks

Thirty years after being convicted of murdering six women and girls, David Wood is now only weeks from dying by lethal injection. Pointing to the fact the only DNA ever recovered points to a different suspect, and new statements accusing police of setting him up, lawyer Greg Warchuk and his team are rushing to win a stay. The lawyers look for alternate suspects, elusive witnesses, and holes in the state’s evidence, all as the clock ticks down to Wood’s execution. Warchuk and the other attorneys pull at every lever to stop the process to save the life of a man they believe was wrongfully convicted — all while preparing themselves for the possibility he’ll die anyway.

From Serial Productions, The Marshall Project, and The New York Times comes the podcast “The Last 12 Weeks.” Host Maurice Chammah and producer Alvin Melathe give the audience an unprecedented look inside a legal team's efforts to find evidence and craft legal arguments that will pause the execution of David Wood, the so-called Desert Killer. Both WITH the attorneys and on their own, the journalists interview witnesses, investigators, and the accused serial killer himself in a literal story of life or death.

OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "THE LAST 12 WEEKS" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 12 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE.

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