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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas ...

Nelson's execution has sparked debate about the death penalty, with religious figures on both sides of the issue. Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson ... Death row inmates in Texas cannot ...

Steven Lawayane ... He was sentenced to death after he was convicted of shooting and killing a friend. Police found the victim's body in a burned out car in 2001. Following Nelson's execution ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing ... Polunsky Unit, Texas’ death row jail, situated in Livingtson, north of Houston. The murderer spent his final moments alive ...

"The state of Texas is not gonna be any better having killed Steven Nelson." Over the last several months, the state of Texas has seen several high-profile death penalty cases make headlines.

Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, who was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington.

A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church during a robbery was facing execution on Wednesday, the second scheduled execution in the U.S. so far this year.