Man who killed pastor executed

Huntsville—A violent criminal who was found guilty of murdering a Texas pastor and sentenced to death by a Tarrant County jury was executed by the State of Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 5, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Steven Lawayne Nelson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder Clinton “Clint” Dobson. Dobson was found dead after being viciously beaten and suffocated with a plastic bag at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. Nelson committed the murder while engaging in a robbery, and he brutally beat another woman who was present at the church. A chronic serious offender, Nelson also killed a fellow inmate in the Tarrant County Jail while awaiting trial for the murder of Dobson 

“After years of legal battles, Steven Nelson was punished for his heinous crimes, and justice has finally been served,” Paxton said. “My heart is with the family and friends of Pastor Clint Dobson, as well as the loved ones of every victim who suffered at the hands of this monster. Ensuring that Texas law is upheld and capital sentences are carried out, is a somber responsibility. Victims deserve justice and criminals who commit heinous crimes such as this must be punished.”

The execution was carried out by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas.

SOURCE Office of Texas Attorney General