A death row inmate tried to say one final word before being executed, after beating and suffocating a pastor to death in ...

Texas executes Steven Nelson, convicted for a pastor's 2011 murder, amidst debates on capital punishment ethics.

The families’ words remind us that while Steven Nelson took much from them, he could not steal their capacity for grace.

Steven Nelson, a 37-year-old convicted killer, became the first person executed in Texas in 2025. Nelson was put to death by lethal injection for ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson at a Baptist church in Arlington. Dobson’s ...