Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reverses death penalty more than a decade after 2012 killings ...

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, 51, was executed on Wednesday in Texas after stabbing his girlfriend and her eight-year-old son to death in 2013 ...

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

Prominent rap artists and music industry figures have filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of James ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her ...

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Cedric Ricks, who was found guilty in 2014 of the double murder, is the second inmate the state has executed in 2026.

James Broadnax, who was 19 when he shot and killed two Christian music producers in 2008, has filed last minute appeals ahead of his scheduled April 30 execution.

Attorneys for the death row inmate have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution. If a stay is not granted, Ricks will be the second man executed in Texas this year.