Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a surviving victim before execution.

Cedric Ricks was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her 8-year-old ...

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I’m sorry that I took your mom and your brother away,” Cedric Ricks told the third, surviving victim, Marcus Figueroa, in his final statement.

A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple stab wounds and ...

Travis Scott and other prominent rap artists have filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court challenging the use of rap lyrics as evidence in a death penalty case. The case involves James Garfield ...

A North Texas man is facing execution for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago.

Cedric Ricks’ execution is set to be the second in Texas this year. Three other men on the state’s death row currently have scheduled executions.