Texas executed Steven Nelson on 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.
Church secretary Judy Elliott also was beaten severely and left for dead but survived the assault. She died last September.
Dobson earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor University and his master of divinity degree from Baylor’s Truett Theological Seminary, where he was named 2008 Preacher of the Year.
No members of Dobson’s family witnessed Nelson’s execution, but the Dallas Morning News reported Elliott’s son was present.
Nelson’s wife Noa Dubois also attended the execution, and his spiritual adviser Jeff Hood was in the death chamber when Nelson received a lethal injection.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Ken Camp and originally published by Texas’ Baptist Standard.
