Steven Lawayne Nelson (February 18, 1987 – February 5, 2025) was an American convicted executed for the 2011 murder of 28-year-old Arlington pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson in Texas. Nelson was found guilty of the murder of Dobson who was smothered 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 ...

10 hours ago · Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, received a lethal injection on Wednesday (5 February) evening, after being convicted of killing Rev. Clint Dobson in 2011. The 28-year-old pastor had been beaten, strangled, and suffocated with a plastic bag by the murderer, inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas.

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 · Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, who was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington.

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