Draft:Steven Lawayne Nelson
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Steven Lawayne Nelson | |
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| Born | February 18, 1987 Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Motive | Robbery |
| Conviction(s) | Capital murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 1 confirmed, 1 suspected |
| Date | March 3, 2011 |
| Location(s) | Arlington, Texas |
| Imprisoned at | Allan B. Polunsky Unit |
Steven Lawayne Nelson (born February 18, 1987) is an American convicted murderer on death row in Texas for the 2011 murder of 28-year-old Arlington pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson. Nelson was found guilty of murdering Dobson by smothering him to death during a robbery bid at an Arlington church on March 3, 2011, and therefore sentenced to death on October 16, 2012.
Nelson, who allegedly murdered a fellow inmate while in prison, protested his innocence and claimed that he only acted as lookout while pinpointing two of his friends as the real murderers of Dobson,and claimed that the alibi of both his friends were not sufficiently rebutted by his trial counsel. Nelson's grounds of appeal were rejected, and his conviction and sentence were consequently upheld. After exhausting his appeals, Nelson is currently scheduled to be executed on February 5, 2025.
Background
[edit]Murder of Clint Dobson
[edit]Death penalty trial
[edit]Appeals
[edit]Scheduled execution
[edit]See also
[edit]- Capital punishment in Texas
- List of death row inmates in Texas
- List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States
References
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