Steven Lawayne Nelson (February 18, 1987 – February 5, 2025) was an American convicted murderer, 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 sentenced to ...

5 days ago · Who was Steven Nelson? Nelson was the first inmate to be executed in Texas this year. He was found guilty of capital murder and attempted capital murder in 2012.

6 days ago · Nelson, 37, was convicted of the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson in a robbery that turned fatal inside Dobson's own church, NorthPointe Baptist just west of...

6 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 ...

5 days ago · Steven Nelson was executed on Wednesday for an Arlington church pastor's murder. Nelson killed Arlington Rev. Clint Dobson in his church in 2011. This is Texas' first execution of 2025.

6 days ago · Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of beloved pastor Clint Dobson, who was just beginning his ministerial career.

5 days ago · FILE - Steven Lawayne Nelson takes the witness stand to testify in his own defense in his capital murder trial on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. (Joyce Marshall/Star-Telegram via AP ...

5 days ago · Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a beloved pastor who was just beginning his ministerial career. Nelson, 37, was convicted for the murder ...

6 days ago · A Texas man convicted of murdering an Arlington pastor was put to death on Wednesday evening. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was sentenced to death in 2012, a year after he was found guilty of fatally ...

Steven Nelson Jr. (born January 22, 1993) is an American professional football cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers, and was selected in the third round of the 2015 NFL draft by the Chiefs.