The Observer.

Hello, it's Claudia here and you're listening to the slow newscast from The Observer.

This is Killing Time, episode two.

If you've not yet listened to episode one, make sure you listen to that first.

We'll leave a link in the episode description. Last time, Tremaine Wood was about to be executed for a crime his

brother had admitted to doing. As reporter Hillary Anderson looked into his story, she found a trial

beset by issues from ineffective lawyers to unused testimony.

And yet, Tremaine Wood is on death row, caught up in a justice system that seems determined to put him to death.

Unless the governor of Oklahoma steps in to stop it.

Before we start, a warning.

This episode contains descriptions of violence.

Look for someone weed whacking.

You see anything like that?

While I was in Oklahoma, I made my way to the small town of Yukon. I was told if I blinked, I'd miss it.

It drove past fields, tractors, and a lot of, frankly, nothing.

You don't have to drive far west out of Oklahoma City to hit rural Oklahoma.

And this is one of the reddest parts of America. I'd spent days trying to get

in touch with Republicans from this state. I wanted to understand their views on capital punishment.

But I ran into a problem. Like much of Red America, this is also a region that is deeply

skeptical of the mainstream media.

Since President Trump was elected the first time,

we've been dubbed the enemy of the people,

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