Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to ...

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.

Full Story By Ayden Runnels Updated: Feb. 5, 2025 Steven Lawayne Nelson maintained that he unknowingly participated in the violent church robbery but didn’t harm anyone. His execution was the ...

Whitmire is now the mayor of Houston. In February, Texas also executed Steven Lawayne Nelson, a man convicted of killing an Arlington pastor during a robbery at a church. Tabler's execution is one ...

In February, Texas also executed Steven Lawayne Nelson, a man convicted of killing an Arlington pastor during a robbery at a church. Tabler's scheduled execution is one of four that is currently ...

The method is still in use in some states, with Texas having administered a lethal dose to Steven Lawayne Nelson last week for the 2011 murder of Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old Arlington pastor.

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was convicted of the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of the Reverend Clint Dobson — who was beaten, choked, and suffocated with a plastic ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. local time following a lethal injection that was administered at a state penitentiary in Huntsville. Prior to the injection, Nelson ...

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