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 …

3 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. Texas death row inmate ...

3 days ago · Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CST, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed to ...

1 day ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · In this Dec. 5, 2012, photo, 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.

2 days ago · Steven Lawayne Nelson was sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, who was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington.

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.

2 days ago · Barring a last-minute stay, Steven Lawayne Nelson is set to be executed Wednesday evening for killing an Arlington pastor, a crime he has maintained he did not commit, though he admitted he was ...

2 days ago · Steven Lawayne Nelson was to be put to death Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson. The 28-year-old pastor was beaten, strangled ...

1 day ago · Yesterday, the State of Texas executed Steven Lawayne Nelson, a man convicted of the brutal murder of Arlington Pastor Clint Dobson. The Texas Attorney General's office stated that Nelson had ...