Cedric Ricks, who was found guilty in 2014 of the double murder in North Texas, would be the second inmate the state has ...

Cedric Allen Ricks, a Texas death row inmate convicted of killing his common-law wife and child, is set to be executed tomorrow.

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.

Cedric Ricks was executed in Texas for the 2013 stabbings of his girlfriend and her son, expressing remorse to the survivor and the victims' family during his final moments.

Cedric Ricks faces execution for the 2013 stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and her son, following the rejection of his final appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cedric Ricks is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

Cedric Allen Ricks was executed in Texas, while Alabama death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton received a rare commutation.

Executing someone in Andre Thomas’s condition would be indecent and inhumane.