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The Last 12 Weeks

    Episode 5 of The Last 12 Weeks, a podcast from The Marshall Project, Serial Productions and The New York Times, follows David Wood’s lawyers in the final week before his scheduled execution.

    As the clock winds down, Wood’s legal team scrambles to respond to an unexpected court ruling. Meanwhile, the lead lawyer, who has been on the case for more than a decade, makes what may be his final visit to Wood on death row. Everyone waits to find out Wood’s fate.

    From left, The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals building in Austin, Texas; Greg Wiercioch and his legal team worked down to the wire to try to stop David Wood’s execution; Naomi Fenwick receives a drawing from Wood at her office in Dallas. From left, Christopher Lee for The New York Times; Caleb Alvarado for The New York Times; Desiree Rios for The New York Times