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The Last 12 Weeks - Trailer

6/16/20262 min

In 1992, David Wood was convicted of murdering young women and girls and burying them in the desert outside El Paso. He has been on death row ever since. “The Last 12 Weeks” takes you behind the scenes as a capital defense team races against the clock to stop an execution 30 years in the making.

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Sarah Koenig· Host0:01

    This is Sarah Koenig. If you've listened to Serial, you probably know I've done my fair share of criminal justice reporting. I've spent countless hours sitting in courtrooms and following around attorneys. I've interviewed judges in chambers and inmates in prison. But never have I gotten close to the stunning front row seat that awaited me when I listened to our new show. It's called The Last 12 Weeks. It comes out on June 18th. Here's the trailer.

  2. Speaker 20:27

    When the state of Texas sets an execution date for a man on death row, a countdown starts.

  3. David Wood· Soundbite0:34

    People are gonna hear about me. They're gonna hate me. I get it. I'm just a convict in prison saying, "I'm innocent." And they're going, "Yeah, right. You lying piece of crap."

  4. Speaker 20:44

    Last year, I embedded with a team of capital defense lawyers. They had a brief window to convince the courts that their client, one of Texas's most notorious serial killers, was actually innocent. I watched them chase down new evidence.

  5. Speaker 41:00

    Did your sister tell you a little bit about why we're reaching out?

  6. Speaker 21:03

    Confront alternate suspects.

  7. Speaker 51:05

    I don't remember claiming killing people. I don't. I need a lawyer.

  8. Speaker 21:12

    And try to convince a victim's mother that Texas had the wrong guy.

  9. Speaker 61:15

    It's just that he said, "Well, I'm not guilty." Well, duh. I would say that too if I was facing the death penalty.

  10. Speaker 21:23

    [laughs] It wasn't that the lawyers didn't have a case to make.

  11. Speaker 51:27

    I know two people fabricated

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