James Lemarc Byrd, a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, was found guilty of orchestrating a kidnapping. He soaked a ...

A Texas man set to be executed in the killing of a beloved pastor is making a last plea for mercy before he's taken to the death chamber on Wednesday, saying in a last interview that he's innocent.

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 ...

Nelson's execution has sparked debate about the death penalty, with religious figures on both sides of the issue. Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the ...

He was pronounced dead 24 minutes later. Nelson was the first Texas death row inmate executed since Robert Roberson’s Oct. 17, 2024, execution date was delayed in what would have been the first ...

His execution was the state’s first for 2025. Texas death row inmate Steve Lawayne Nelson, 37, was executed Wednesday in Huntsville. Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune Audio recording is ...

Nelson would be the first Texas death row inmate executed since Robert ... He was charged with their slayings but was never tried. Dr. James L. Hadnott is remembered for his service on the East ...