5 days ago · “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.”

2 days ago · Nelson was convicted of killing Clint Dobson and assaulting Judy Elliot during a robbery at NorthPointe Baptist Church. Nelson's execution is the second in the U.S. this year and the first in Texas.

3 days ago · The Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, was murdered in 2011 during a robbery at Northpointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. Steven Nelson, who confessed to participating in the robbery but claimed his ...

1 day ago · HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Texas executed Steven Nelson Feb. 5 for the 2011 murder of Clint Dobson, pastor of NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington. Nelson was sentenced to die after a Tarrant County jury found him guilty of capital murder for beating and suffocating the 28-year-old pastor in his church office during a robbery attempt.

2 days ago · Steven Nelson took the witness stand to testify in his own defense in the brutal suffocation death of Arlington pastor Clint Dobson. Surrounded by sheriff’s deputies and with his shackles ...

1 day ago · A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death ... He was convicted of the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson, a 28-year ...

3 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 Dallas in Arlington, Texas ...

1 day ago · A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas-area pastor in his own church during a robbery is ... Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson ...

The 2011 murder of North Texas pastor Clint Dobson. Arlington police said they were called to the church after a friend of an employee arrived to find a locked door.

3 days ago · The Brief. Convicted murderer Steven Nelson is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday. Nelson suffocated pastor Clint Dobson in 2011. Nelson would be the first execution in Texas in 2025.