1 day ago · Nelson, 37, was convicted of the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson in a robbery that turned fatal inside Dobson's own church, NorthPointe Baptist just west of Dallas in Arlington, Texas.

1 day ago · The Brief. Convicted murderer Steven Nelson is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Nelson suffocated pastor Clint Dobson in 2011. Nelson would be the first execution in Texas in 2025.

1 day ago · Texas death row inmate to be executed Wednesday 00:52. A man convicted for the murder of an Arlington pastor is set to be executed on Wednesday. Steven Nelson, 37, was sentenced to death in 2012 ...

2 days ago · Hélène Noa Dubois, the now wife of death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson, wipes off a tear as she speaks beside Rev. Jeff Hood during a news conference Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington. (Shafkat ...

Jul 18, 2024 · ARLINGTON, Texas - A man on death row for killing a North Texas pastor is now scheduled to be executed early next year. Steven Nelson was set to die by lethal injection in October, but...

Steven Lawayne Nelson (born February 18, 1987) is an American convicted murderer on death row 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 ...

1 day ago · Months after the state’s last execution was stayed amid bipartisan criticism and a separation-of-powers dispute so dire it threatened a constitutional crisis, Steven Nelson’s case has drawn ...

4 days ago · Texas death row inmate Steven Nelson is interviewed during his final days. The inmate says his attempts to communicate with the pastor’s church have been rebuffed. Asked what he would say to the surviving victim in the case, Nelson said he would apologize. “People do deserve second chances,” he said.