Introduction A Texas man was executed on Wednesday evening for the killing of a pastor during a robbery at a church. This marks the second execution in the US this year and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months. The Crime Nelson, aged 37, was convicted of beating and suffocating Pastor Clint Dobson inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. The church's secretary, Judy Elliott, was severely beaten but survived. The Execution Shortly before the injection began, Nelson repeatedly told his wife that he loved her and that he was thankful and grateful. As the lethal dose of pentobarbital began to be administered, he told Dubois, Let me go to sleep. The drug appeared to take effect as he said the word, Love, then he gasped twice and appeared to try to hold his breath. His head, shoulders, and arms trembled for a few seconds before all movement stopped. Criminal History Nelson was a laborer and high school dropout with a long history of legal trouble and arrests that started as early as age 6. Nelson had pleaded for mercy, claiming that he had only served as a robbery lookout and blamed two other men for killing Dobson.?

Introduction A Texas man was executed on Wednesday evening for the killing of a pastor during a robbery at a church. This marks the second execution in the US this year and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months. The Crime Nelson, aged 37, was convicted of beating and suffocating Pastor Clint Dobson inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. The church's secretary, Judy Elliott, was severely beaten but survived. The Execution Shortly before the injection began, Nelson repeatedly told his wife that he loved her and that he was thankful and grateful. As the lethal dose of pentobarbital began to be administered, he told Dubois, Let me go to sleep. The drug appeared to take effect as he said the word, Love, then he gasped twice and appeared to try to hold his breath. His head, shoulders, and arms trembled for a few seconds before all movement stopped. Criminal History Nelson was a laborer and high school dropout with a long history of legal trouble and arrests that started as early as age 6. Nelson had pleaded for mercy, claiming that he had only served as a robbery lookout and blamed two other men for killing Dobson.?