Richard Michael Cartwright (February 11, 1974 – May 19, 2005)[1][2] was a Death Row inmate and activist who was executed by the state of Texas for the stabbing and shooting of 37-year-old Nick Moraida during a robbery in Corpus Christi on August 1, 1996.

Richard Cartwright, Dennis Hagood and Kelly Overstreet hatched a plan to rob a gay man by posing as male prostitutes.

They met 37-year-old Nick Moraida after he pulled up in a small black sports car.

Death penalty proponents argue that Cartwright confessed to the murder when he apologized to the family of the victim during his last statement.

However, his supporters point out that he never denied being a part of the robbery which resulted in Moraida's death and was apologizing for being involved.