The Last 12 Weeks - Ep. 1

David Wood, a death row inmate known as the "Desert Killer," faces execution in Texas while his defense attorney, Greg Warchuk, fights to prove his innocence. Warchuk contends that the original conviction relied on fabricated testimony from jailhouse informants and ignored potential exculpatory DNA evidence. The investigation highlights systemic issues within the criminal justice system, including the state’s refusal to allow modern DNA testing on evidence collected decades ago. Warchuk’s efforts to engage the newly elected El Paso district attorney, James Montoya, prove difficult, complicated by political maneuvering and the skepticism of local media. As the execution date approaches, the legal team scrambles to uncover new leads and secure a stay, revealing the high-stakes, often desperate nature of capital defense work in a system resistant to re-evaluating long-closed cases.