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

I was pretty skeptical. voice-verified

I did the hard-hitting research of reading the Wikipedia page about David Wood and, woof, six women and girls, one as young as 14, killed and buried in the desert outside of El Paso. voice-verified

David Wood even got one of those spooky serial killer nicknames, the Desert Killer. voice-verified

Greg wrote to me that David Wood was innocent, that he didn't commit any of these murders. voice-verified

And sure, I did find George Hall's story compelling, but even if those informants were lying at the trial, that doesn't mean David Wood didn't do it. voice-verified

Plus, in order to do the story Greg was pitching, I'd have to reinvestigate it from scratch, all six murders in a matter of weeks." voice-verified

That sounded impossible. voice-verified

But I was curious about what Greg was up to, his overall project, trying to sow enough doubt at the last minute in order to save his client's life. voice-verified

I'd seen executions get staged for procedural claims about execution methods or a defendant's mental fitness. voice-verified

But this wasn't just a claim about an unfair trial. voice-verified

Greg was saying David Wood didn't do it at all. voice-verified

And now, somehow, he's supposed to prove that in a few months. voice-verified

In death penalty circles, many smart and knowledgeable people are critical of Greg's line of work. voice-verified

Prosecutors, judges, victim family members, they say that capital defense lawyers like Greg are just ideologically opposed to the death penalty. voice-verified

Zealots, even, who will do anything and everything to stop or delay an execution. voice-verified

And their work wastes time and money, harms the justice system, and worst of all, denies victims' families the closure they deserve. voice-verified

All of that could be true. voice-verified

Or Greg could have just four months to stop the state from killing an innocent man. voice-verified

So I told Greg, I'm not going to do the big feature story on David Wood you're imagining. voice-verified

But what if I follow you around? voice-verified

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