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Case of Texas woman on death row over grisly murder back in spotlight
New film revives story of Taylor Parker, convicted in 2022 of cutting unborn daughter from womb of friend she killed
TL;DR
- Taylor Parker was sentenced to death for the 2020 murder of her pregnant friend, Reagan Simmons-Hancock, and the abduction of the baby.
- Parker's defense focused on avoiding the death penalty, arguing the baby was not born alive, which would invalidate the capital murder charge.
- The case is being featured in a Netflix documentary titled 'Maternal Instinct'.
- Appeals attempted to argue that the baby was not born alive, and that extensive media coverage led to an unfair trial.
- Texas law considers a fetus an 'individual' at any stage of gestation, a key factor in Parker's conviction.
- Parker had deceived her boyfriend, Wade Griffin, into believing she was pregnant despite having had a hysterectomy.