A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being executed. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of ...

A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church is facing scheduled execution Wednesday evening.

Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas on Wednesday for the brutal 2011 killing of the ...

"What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev. Jeff Hood said of the couple.

Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed via lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2011 murder of Reverand Clint Dobson ...

Nelson was accused of killing 28-year-old pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson in 2011. Nelson entered NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington and allegedly attacked Dobson and 69-year-old secretary Judy ...

The execution was the second this year in the U.S. and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months, according to the Associated Press. Steven Lawayane Nelson, 37, was executed ...

Texas man Steven Nelson, convicted in 2012 of murdering a pastor the year before, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening.

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

Texas will put to death on Wednesday a man convicted of the brutal 2011 killing of a Dallas-area pastor in his own church ...

Texas executed Steven Lawayne Nelson for the murder of Pastor Clint Dobson, with AG Ken Paxton stating that justice was ...