Entries tagged with “Maurice Chammah”

Jun 25, 2026

“The Last 12 Weeks” Podcast Illuminates the Work of a Texas Capital Defense Team

On June 18, 2026, *The Marshall Project* released​“The Last 12 Weeks,” a pod­cast series detail­ing the weeks lead­ing up to David Wood’s 2025 exe­cu­tion date in Texas. The series fol­lows Mr. Wood’s defense team as they re-inves­ti­­gate his case and iden­ti­fy evi­dence over­looked by state pros­e­cu­tors at tri­al. Hosted and report­ed by Maurice Chammah from *The Marshall Project* and Alvin Melathe from Serial Productions, the series gives a dynam­ic account of the usually private…

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Feb 16, 2021

BOOKS: ​“Let The Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty”

In his new book, Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty, jour­nal­ist Maurice Chammah presages the death of America’s cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment sys­tem. Chammah expert­ly weaves togeth­er sys­temic issues with indi­vid­ual, human­iz­ing case details to illus­trate the efforts of lawyers, orga­ni­za­tions, and activists who are chal­leng­ing the foun­da­tions of the sys­tem with the goal of abol­ish­ing the death penal­ty. The New York…