A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church was executed Wednesday evening.
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Texas man executed for the killing of a pastor during church robbery
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Texas man executed for killing Dallas-area pastor in his own church
Steven Nelson was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington. He is set to be executed on Wednesday.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death Wednesday evening…
A Texas inmate has been executed by lethal injection for killing a pastor during a church robbery in 2011, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The inmate, 37-year-old Steven Lawayne Nelson, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas- area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death Wednesday evening, the second execution in the U.S. this year and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months.
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