Naomi Fenwick

But Naomi had a different vantage point here.

Maybe a biased one, but no doubt a closer one.

When her office first took on David's case, Naomi agreed to help, but didn't want to go to death row to visit with him.

Jeremy, her boss, has always made it clear that in these situations, when it's very likely that their client will be executed within months, it's not a requirement to go.

But Greg told Naomi that her perspective and work on the case was something that David would want to hear about firsthand.

So she started heading down to see him.

Their relationship, under those conditions, grew quickly.

He sent her some of his paintings, and she started to see him as more than just a name on a legal filing.

Even though she'd only known him for a few months, Naomi had a feel for his anxiety and fear.

She had come to know him in a way that defied easy category.

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Back in Dallas, Naomi and Jeremy and the rest of the defense team are taking a little break from their legal strategizing to figure out a care package for Greg that might suit his specific dietary desires.

Delivery order done and dusted, the team in Dallas turns back to their to-do list, following up on all the legal filings and petitions they're working on.

They lay some of the options out, I think mostly for my benefit, on a whiteboard with marker.

There are four main avenues the lawyers are exploring to stop David Woods' execution.

All four are long shots at this point, but some more than others.

I'm going to quickly spell them out, roughly from the least likely to the most promising.

The least likely route by far is that the governor of Texas will intervene.

He could issue a 30-day reprieve, or else his appointees on the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles could vote to commute the sentence, and he could approve it.