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 is set to be executed March 11. Family and advocates are asking Gov. Greg Abbott to commute his sentence.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Huntsville Unit in Huntsville. Prisoners on death row are transported there for execution. Several appeals in some of Texas’ ...