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

A man convicted of beating and suffocating an Arlington pastor in his own church during a robbery was facing execution on Wednesday, the second scheduled execution in the U.S. so far this year.

Steven Nelson was executed on Wednesday for an Arlington church pastor's murder. Nelson killed Arlington Rev. Clint Dobson in his church in 2011. This is Texas' first execution of 2025. ARLINGTON, Texas - A man on death row for killing a North Texas pastor was Wednesday evening in Huntsville.