About this episode

Maurice Chammah discusses his podcast about the race to stop an execution in Texas and the complexities of a potentially wrongful conviction.

I’ve had my buddy, Maurice Chammah, on the show before. He’s a journalist with the Marshall Project, and a leading authority on the death penalty. He has a podcast out called: The Last Twelve Weeks. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the attorneys for a man on death row in Texas are racing to stop his execution. It’s a complicated story about a very bad man…who might have been wrongly convicted for murders he didn’t commit. Join my Patreon! patreon.com/kateandpaul Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link:  https://bit.ly/4gF2K18   See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com  Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)  2026 All Rights Reserved  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Kate Winkler Dawson

Guest: Maurice Chammah

Topics covered

• death penalty
• wrongful conviction
• Texas
• legal race against time
• true crime

Keywords

• death row
• execution
• journalism
• true crime
• legal system

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marshall Project, iHeartPodcasts

Books & works: The Last Twelve Weeks

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