5 days ago · A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being executed. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson (February 18, 1987 – February 5, 2025) was an American convicted executed for the 2011 murder of 28-year-old Arlington pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson in Texas. Nelson was found guilty of the murder of Dobson who was smothered to death during a robbery bid at an Arlington church on March 3, 2011, and sentenced to death on October 16, 2012.

6 days ago · Death Row Information Offender Information Last Statement. Date of Execution: February 5, 2025. Offender: Nelson, Steven Lawayne #999576. Last Statement: I will always love you no matter, that our love is uncontrollable there is no definition and no felling. I’m thankful and grateful. It is what it is. Always live for me and enjoy life.

6 days ago · A Texas man convicted of murdering an Arlington pastor was put to death on Wednesday evening. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of fatally ...

5 days ago · Why is Steven Nelson on Texas death row? Dobson, who was just 28 years old, was beaten and suffocated. Church secretary Judy Elliot, 69, was severely beaten but survived, according to court records .

6 days ago · What will be Steven Nelson's last meal? Death row inmates in Texas cannot make requests for a special last meal, which is common in other states with the death penalty. Instead, Texas inmates must ...

5 days ago · Nelson, 37, is the second death row inmate to be executed in the U.S. this year. ... Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of ...

6 days ago · Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit outside Livingston, Texas, on Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Graczyk, File)

Jul 18, 2024 · ARLINGTON, Texas - A man on death row for killing a North Texas pastor is now scheduled to be executed early next year. Steven Nelson was set to die by lethal injection in October, but...

5 days ago · Steven Nelson (right) and his wife Helene Noa Dubois (left) standing on each side of a glass partition at the Allan B Polunsky Unit, the prison that houses the 169 men on Texas’ death row in ...