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

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 ...

First Baptist Arlington’s senior pastor said his role was to support families affected by the murder of one of the church's ...

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 ...

A Texas man convicted of killing a pastor ... a court-ordered anger management program, was put to death Wednesday evening. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. local ...

A Texas man convicted of killing a pastor ... is slated to be executed Wednesday. Steven Lawayne Nelson was sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, who was beaten ...

FILE - Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit outside Livingston, Texas, on Dec. 5, 2012.

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 death row inmate ...

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 ...