Steven Nelson, 37, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of fatally beating and suffocating NorthPointe Baptist Church pastor Clint Dobson.

A man in Texas convicted of beating and suffocating a pastor during a church robbery was executed in Huntsville on Wednesday evening, and used his last words to tell his wife he loved her. The ...

Jurors had the option of sentencing Nelson to life in prison without parole, but ultimately gave him the death sentence. It will be the first execution in Texas in 2025. There are three other ...

When she began writing letters to a man on Texas’ death row, Noa Dubois had no intention of finding a husband. Instead, the now-29-year-old was searching for someone who would understand her ...