Texas executes Steven Nelson for 2011 murder of Arlington pastor in year’s first execution
Nelson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection for smothering Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor and husband, during a ...
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‘I’m at peace’- Texas inmate who strangled church pastor says before his execution in front of wife
A Texas inmate who strangled and suffocated a pastor inside his own church years ago revealed at the brink of his execution that he had ‘found peace’ and was ‘ready to go home.’ Steven Lawayne Nelson ...
Executions in Alabama and Texas as Trump administration sets out death penalty agenda
The executions of Steven Nelson in Texas and Demetrius Frazier in Alabama come in the context of the Trump administration’s efforts to bolster the federal death penalty and to encourage the 27 states ...
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As a detective, he helped put Robert Roberson on death row. As a minister, he says he got it all wrong.
In 1979, he enrolled at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, a city best known for the college and the state prison’s death chamber. When he had the money, he walked across the street to ...
‘Let’s ride, warden.’ Young Arlington minister’s killer executed in Texas death chamber
Steven Nelson also beat Pastor Clint Dobson’s secretary and killed a Tarrant County inmate while he was in jail awaiting trial, authorities said.
Madison County inmate killed in assault at Bessemer prison
A Madison County inmate has died as a result of an assault that happened while he was serving time behind bars.
Texas inmate who strangled pastor in his own church gives defiant three-word statement before execution as wife and dog look on
Steven Lawayne Nelson was put to death Wednesday night in the second scheduled execution in the United States for 2025.
Why death row inmate was refused final meal before being executed in front of wife who held up dog to watch
Death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was executed via lethal injection on Wednesday (5 February) having been refused a ...
Crews respond to Huntsville Police Department after fire in inmate’s cell
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF) - Crews with Huntsville Fire and Rescue responded to the Huntsville Police Department on Wheeler Ave ...
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Search for missing Huntsville realtor Ronald Dumas Jr. upgraded to active abduction
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Huntsville Police said it obtained new evidence prompting the missing person case involving realtor Ronald Dumas Jr. to be upgraded to an active abduction. Dumas was last ...
Death Row sicko who brutally murdered pastor with plastic bag utters 3 surprising final words at execution
Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas on Wednesday for the brutal 2011 killing of the ...