Death Row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson was convicted of murder after suffocating a pastor in his own church during a robbery, ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson was to be put to death Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 2011 killing ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.

Texas death row inmate Steve Nelson was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday night, closing his final words with an ...

The State of Texas executed a Black man convicted of killing a pastor during a robbery in 2011, despite his claims that while ...

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Allies of President Donald Trump have been quick to threaten primary challengers for Republican senators who don’t back Trump ...

DEATH row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith writhed for minutes in his final moments as he was executed with deadly nitrogen gas.

Just months before his scheduled execution in 2022, the state's request to transfer John Hanson was denied. He murdered a retired Tulsa banker and an Owasso trucking company owner in 1999.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from a historic ruling in the case of a woman on death row for murder.