The Last 12 Weeks

In 1992, David Wood was convicted of murdering young women and girls and burying them in the desert outside El Paso, earning him the nickname the Desert Killer. More than 30 years later, his lawyers have one last chance to argue his innocence and stop his execution. The series follows a team of capital defense attorneys as they try to save their client’s life, with an extraordinary level of access to a capital case in its final stretch. The longtime death penalty reporter Maurice Chammah takes listeners into the room with the lawyers as the clock ticks down.