Texas Faces Renewed Calls to Halt Execution as Death Row Inmate’s Final Appeal Looms
Huntsville, Texas – A Texas man convicted of the 2011 murder of a pastor is set for execution Wednesday evening, triggering appeals and protests against the death penalty. Steven Nelson, now 37, faces lethal injection for the death of Pastor Clint Dobson in Arlington. Authorities said Dobson was suffocated with a plastic bag in his church office where he was preparing a sermon. Activists, including Pastors Jeff Hood and Rev. Katheryn Barlow-Williams, have petitioned Governor …