7 hours ago · 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.

Steven Lawayne Nelson (February 18, 1987 – February 5, 2025) was an American convicted murderer executed for the 2011 murder of 28-year-old Arlington pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson in Texas. Nelson was found guilty of murdering Dobson by smothering him to death during a robbery bid at an Arlington church on March 3, 2011, and therefore sentenced to death on October 16, 2012. [1] Nelson, who ...

15 hours ago · The execution Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of Rev. Clint Dobson is tonight. His wife and a death penalty activist will be witnesses.

1 day ago · 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.

1 day ago · 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. Steven Lawayne Nelson was …

1 day ago · Steve Lawayne Nelson is set to become the first inmate executed in Texas in 2025 in Huntsville on Wednesday. Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune

7 hours ago · Steven Nelson was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday. He was executed at 6:50 p.m. CST.

21 hours ago · news Crime Steven Nelson set for execution today in 2011 murder of Arlington pastor The 37-year-old was sentenced to death by a Tarrant County jury in 2012 for smothering a pastor during a botched ...

1 day ago · Steven Nelson, 38, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of murdering Arlington pastor Clint Dobson.

23 hours ago · Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, who was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag in Arlington.