1 day ago · Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the year in the nation.

Steven Lawayne Nelson (February 18, 1987 – February 5, 2025) was an American convicted murderer executed 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 on October 16, 2012. [1] Nelson, who ...

2 days ago · 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.

2 days ago · Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of beloved pastor Clint Dobson, who was just beginning his ministerial career.

2 days ago · Steven Nelson set for execution today in 2011 murder of Arlington pastor The 37-year-old was sentenced to death by a Tarrant County jury in 2012 for smothering a pastor during a botched robbery at ...

2 days ago · The execution Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of Rev. Clint Dobson is tonight. His wife and a death penalty activist will be witnesses.

1 day ago · Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson at a Baptist church in Arlington. Dobson’s secretary was severely beaten and left for dead but survived the attack.

3 days 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 just west of Dallas.

3 days ago · Steven Nelson was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington. He is set to be executed on Wednesday.

1 day ago · Texas executed Steven Lawayne Nelson for the murder of Pastor Clint Dobson, with AG Ken Paxton stating that justice was served for the victims' families.