Steven Nelson, Texas

Texas to execute Steven Nelson today for ambitious young pastor's murder. What to know.
Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of beloved pastor Clint Dobson, who was just beginning his ministerial career.
Steven Nelson set for execution today in 2011 murder of Arlington pastor
If his execution is carried out, it will be the first in Texas since Robert Roberson’s was stayed in October after an unprecedented legal maneuver by
Texas Set for First Execution of the Year, Steven Nelson Faces Death Penalty Amid Claims of Innocence and Religious Debate
Steven Nelson faces execution in Texas for the murder of Pastor Clint Dobson, maintaining his innocence and highlighting his troubled past.
'I'm not a lost cause': Steven Nelson, set to be executed by Texas, makes final arguments
Nelson, 37, was convicted of the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson in a robbery that turned fatal inside Dobson's own church just west of Dallas.
Texas man set to be executed for killing a pastor in his own church
A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church is facing execution on Wednesday evening.
Steven Nelson execution: Clergy members ask Abbott to stop death of man who killed Arlington preacher
Two clergy members delivered a petition to Gov. Greg Abbott Tuesday to stop the execution of a man who killed a preacher more than a decade ago.
Man convicted of pastor's murder to be executed in Texas
LIVINGSTON, United States, Feb 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Texas man is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insists he did not commit.
Murderous death row inmate Steven Nelson begs for mercy before execution: 'I'm no monster!'
Steven Nelson (pictured), 37, has maintained his innocence and has in the past offered to take a lie detector test. Which has been refused because he was an 'easy conviction'.
Texas death row inmate to be executed for 2011 murder of Arlington pastor
Steven Nelson, 38, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of murdering Arlington pastor Clint Dobson.
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Death row inmate set to be executed for murdering pastor insists innocence in bold seven-word admission
Steven Lawayne Nelson was handed the death penalty for killing of the 28-year-old during a robbery gone wrong - having ...
Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church. Who was the Rev. Clint Dobson?
The pastor's young widow, Laura Dobson, sobbed on the stand during Steven Nelson's murder trial, saying: 'I didn't know this ...
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She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him.
She was talking about her now-husband Steven Nelson, whom the state of Texas will execute Feb. 5 for his role in the 2011 ...
Diego Pacheco overcomes late scare against Steven Nelson, remains No. 1 contender for Canelo Alvarez's titles
Up-and-coming star Diego Pacheco overcame late trouble against Steven Nelson to put himself in pole position for a Canelo ...
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Church of murdered pastor supports execution. Another clergyman says it should be stopped
Steven Nelson, convicted for the 2011 murder of a pastor, is scheduled for execution in Texas on Feb. 5. The church where the murder occurred supports the execution, citing biblical justification ...
Priests, pastors gather at state Capitol to protest looming execution
It comes as a death row inmate is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for the murder of a North Texas pastor.