Steven Nelson executed in Texas for murder of young pastor

Texas executes man convicted in 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.
Texas Executes Steven Lawayne Nelson for 2011 Murder of Arlington Pastor
Texas executed Steven Lawayne Nelson for the murder of Pastor Clint Dobson, with AG Ken Paxton stating that justice was served for the victims' families.
'He fought to the very end': Steven Nelson executed in Texas for murder of young pastor
Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the year in the nation.
Texas man who suffocated Arlington pastor set to be executed this week
Steven Nelson was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington. He is set to be executed on Wednesday.
‘Let’s ride, warden.’ Young Arlington minister’s killer executed in Texas death chamber
Steven Nelson also beat Pastor Clint Dobson’s secretary and killed a Tarrant County inmate while he was in jail awaiting trial, authorities said.
Steven Nelson was convicted of a Texas pastor's murder. Now he's about to be executed.
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 executed for killing Arlington pastor in his church: 'Let's ride, warden'
Steven Nelson was executed on Wednesday for an Arlington church pastor's murder. Nelson killed Arlington Rev. Clint Dobson in his church in 2011. This is Texas' first execution of 2025. ARLINGTON, Texas - A man on death row for killing a North Texas pastor was Wednesday evening in Huntsville.
Man convicted of suffocating pastor in Arlington church to be executed tonight at TX prison
The pastor, 28-year-old Clinton Dobson, was slain 14 years ago in his office at NorthPointe Baptist Church in north Arlington. Nelson stole a computer, credit cards and car from Dobson and church secretary Judy Elliott, according to evidence presented at the trial.
Christians protest execution of Texas man convicted of killing pastor
Steven Lawayne Nelson, a Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas pastor in his church during a robbery over a decade ago, was executed Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
Texas executes man convicted of killing Arlington pastor in 2011
Steven Lawayne Nelson maintained that he unknowingly participated in the violent church robbery but didn’t harm anyone. His execution was the state’s first for 2025.
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 ...
Death row inmate’s chilling last words for warden before lethal injection revealed
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.
Texas to execute man who killed pastor in church days after being released from anger management program
Texas will put to death on Wednesday a man convicted of the brutal 2011 killing of a Dallas-area pastor in his own church ...
unilad20h
Death row inmate who murdered pastor gives chilling final three words before being executed by lethal injection
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, died by lethal injection yesterday (February 5) at the state penitentiary in Huntsville ...
kfmx11h
The Final Words of a Condemned Man: Texas Carries Out First Execution of 2025
Steven Nelson, a 37-year-old convicted killer, became the first person executed in Texas in 2025. Nelson was put to death by ...
Executed man’s surprising last three words
A US man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death this — and uttered some unexpected last words prior to being ...