Maurice Shema

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358 appearances 30 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 31 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 — 30 in all, peaking in Jan 2026 with 6.

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A couple of years back, I got an email from a defense lawyer who wanted me to write about his client. voice-verified

The client, David Wood, was on death row in Texas. voice-verified

Had been there for more than 30 years. voice-verified

The lawyer was writing because David Wood had lost all of his appeals. voice-verified

He was set to be executed. voice-verified

The lawyer's plan to stop the execution was to try and prove something that nobody had successfully done in three decades. voice-verified

That one of Texas' most notorious serial killers was actually innocent. voice-verified

It wasn't that the lawyers didn't have a case to make. voice-verified

I know two people fabricated testimony to get a guy executed. voice-verified

It's just that they had so little time to make it. voice-verified

the last 12 weeks. voice-verified

Listen wherever you get your podcasts. voice-verified

Hard Fork · Can We Build a Better Social Network? · 13 Jan 2026 podcast

This is Maurice Shema, host of The Last 12 Weeks, a new podcast from Serial Productions, The Marshall Project, and The New York Times. voice-verified