In 2026, more than half of the United States still allows the death penalty as a sentence for those committing the most ...

Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year ...

Maternal Instinct subject Taylor Parker is awaiting execution after she was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of her ...

THE woman who murdered her friend and cut out her unborn baby before claiming she’d given birth will not be executed for years – as she spends her days eating and sleeping in a tiny cell ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two death row inmates were executed on Thursday, the first in a series ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON — A Texas judge in the county that sends more inmates to death row than any other in the nation is apparently taking a stand. Saying he could assume that innocent people have been executed, ...