Steven Nelson, convicted for the 2011 murder of a pastor, is scheduled for execution in Texas on Feb. 5. The church where the murder occurred supports the execution, citing biblical justification ...

The crime that landed Steven Nelson on Texas’ death row took place 14 years ago in a North Texas church. Now, as his February 5 execution date looms, supporters—including his wife and a well ...

“There was a demand for Steven Nelson’s head on a platter,” Jeff Hood said, casting church leaders in the role of Herodias, the adulterous princess of the Christian gospels who ...

Steven Nelson, who spent the past two seasons with the Texans, still is looking for a home in free agency, and it’s seeming unlikely the 31-year-old cornerback will be back in Houston ...

The pastor's young widow, Laura Dobson, sobbed on the stand during Steven Nelson's murder trial, saying: 'I didn't know this ...

It comes as a death row inmate is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for the murder of a North Texas pastor.

Two clergy members delivered a petition to Gov. Greg Abbott to stop the execution of Steven Nelson, a man who murdered an ...

Steven Nelson has spent more than a dozen years on Death Row in Texas and is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday ...