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There are currently 178 people on death row in Texas including Nelson, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The state has executed 582 people since 1976.
Steven Nelson was convicted of a Texas pastor's murder. Now he's about to be executed. ... USA TODAY is looking back at the crime, who Nelson is and what led him down a path ending on Death Row.
Why is Steven Nelson on Texas death row? Dobson, who was just 28 years old, was beaten and suffocated. Church secretary Judy Elliot, 69, was severely beaten but survived, according to court records .
Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. ... There are currently 177 people on death row in Texas, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
She married death row inmate Steven Nelson in December. In 2 weeks, Texas will execute him. "What their story shows is that redemption is possible, even in the most horrific of circumstances," Rev ...
A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being executed. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing ...
As Nelson's execution nears, USA TODAY is looking back at the crime, who Nelson is and what led him down a path ending on Death Row. What is Steven Nelson convicted of?
Steven Nelson has spent more than a dozen years on Death Row in Texas and is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of a pastor he insists he did not commit. “It’s hard ...
In February, Steven Nelson will be put to death for the 2011 murder of an Arlington pastor. His spiritual adviser is urging forgiveness.
There are currently 178 people on death row in Texas including Nelson, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The ...
Why is Steven Nelson on Texas death row? Dobson, who was just 28 years old, was beaten and suffocated. Church secretary Judy ...