Texas man killed girlfriend, son. Now he faces execution
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Texas executes man convicted of killing common-law wife and child
Cedric Ricks, who was found guilty in 2014 of the double murder, is the second inmate the state has executed in 2026.
Cedric Ricks was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her 8-year-old Anthony.
Cedric Ricks was executed in Texas for the 2013 stabbings of his girlfriend and her son, as the surviving son watched. Ricks expressed remorse in his final words.
Charles Thompson was the first Texas execution of the year on Wednesday. Thompson was sentenced to death for the 1998 killings of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in Houston. Thompson escaped from jail in 2005, sparking a three-day manhunt before he ...
AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Charles Thompson, who once briefly escaped custody after being sentenced to death, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday evening for the 1998 double murder of his former girlfriend and her friend. Thompson had gotten into an ...
Fair and Just Prosecution has filed an amicus brief with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stop the execution of Cedric Allen Ricks, arguing that newly disclosed prosecution notes show unconstitutional racial discrimination during jury selection in his capital trial.