In 2026, more than half of the United States still allows the death penalty as a sentence for those committing the most violent and heinous of crimes. The time an inmate lives on death row is ...

New film revives story of Taylor Parker, convicted in 2022 of cutting unborn daughter from womb of friend she killed ...

Taylor Parker, subject of Netflix's true-crime documentary, "Maternal Instinct," was sentenced to death row in 2022 for an unfathomable crime.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Texas executed its 600th inmate Thursday evening, administering a lethal injection to Edward Busby in Huntsville and reinforcing its status as the nation's leading death penalty ...

Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct has reignited public interest in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent Texas history: the 2020 killing of pregnant 21-year-old Reagan ...

Where is Taylor Parker now? On death row.

Texas mother Taylor Parker celebrated the gender reveal of her unborn child with then-boyfriend Wade Griffin and claimed they would build a life together with expansive property and a large ...

Strapped to a gurney, moments from death, prisoners in Texas' execution chamber have been asked a solemn question for as long as the state has administered lethal injections: Do you have a last ...

Texas executed Edward Busby Jr. on May 14, marking a devastating milestone in our state’s history. Busby is the 600th person to be executed under Texas’ modern-day death penalty system. He was put to ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in three Texas death penalty cases that were billed as a test of wills between the high court and lower court judges who have effectively defied its ...