Maurice Shema

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415 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jul

Maurice Shema’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 7 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

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The Daily · The Last 12 Weeks · 28 Jun 2026 podcast

Tall and wiry, white hair, trim beard. voice-verified

Greg is a law professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he just flew in from. voice-verified

There's a nervous energy wafting off him. voice-verified

Can we just start with what's important to you right now? voice-verified

Greg took on David Wood as a client back in 2009, the first time Wood was scheduled to be executed. voice-verified

Greg managed to get a stay back then, no small feat in Texas, but eventually another execution date got set. voice-verified

So now he's got exactly 87 days to stop it. voice-verified

If you asked Greg, he could rattle off a bunch of holes he sees in the case, including that story from George Hall about the jailhouse informants. voice-verified

But an even bigger issue, he tells me, has to do with DNA. voice-verified

After he took the case, he asked the courts to allow the retesting of a few pieces of evidence with newer technology. voice-verified

A piece of a victim's clothing turned up male DNA, and it was not David Wood's DNA. voice-verified

Since then, Greg has been on a mission to get more evidence tested. voice-verified

There are more than 100 other pieces of evidence. voice-verified

But the state of Texas has repeatedly said no. voice-verified

So that's what Greg is focused on today. voice-verified

His plan is to meet with James Montoya, the incoming DA, and convince him to support more DNA testing. voice-verified

And that's not all. voice-verified

There's this other thing. voice-verified

I won't bore you with the details of why this happened, but just know that years ago, the El Paso DA handed this whole case off to the Texas Attorney General, a very pro-death penalty Republican. voice-verified

So what Greg really wants is for Montoya, a Democrat, to ask for the case back, then ask the courts to halt the execution, and then test the DNA. voice-verified

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