Death Row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson was convicted of murder after suffocating a pastor in his own church during a robbery, ...

A Texas man has been executed for the killing of a Dallas area pastor who was attacked in his church during a robbery.

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.

Steven Lawayne Nelson received a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.

As reported in this AP piece, a "Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death Wednesday evening, the second execution in the U.S.

The State of Texas executed a Black man convicted of killing a pastor during a robbery in 2011, despite his claims that while ...

Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson maintained that he unknowingly participated in the violent church robbery but didn’t harm anyone. His ...