Nelson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection for smothering Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor and husband, during a botched robbery at

Texas executed Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a beloved young pastor. Nelson, who was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CT, was convicted of killing the Rev.

Steven Lawayne Nelson sat on death row for 14 years awaiting lethal injection. After his Feb. 5 execution, advocates are promising to keep fighting.