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Steven Lawayne Nelson (February 18, 1987 – February 5, 2025) was an American convicted murderer, executed for the 2011 murder of 28-year-old Arlington pastor Clinton "Clint" Dobson in Texas. Nelson was found guilty of the murder of Dobson who was smothered to death during a robbery bid at an Arlington church on March 3, 2011, and sentenced to ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 2000 and 2009. All of the 248 people (246 males and 2 females) during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,343 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 6 February 2025. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [1]
There were three executions in 2020, [17] the smallest number of executions per year since 1996, which also had 3. [18] In 2020, two persons were sentenced to death, making it the post-1974 year with the lowest number of people sentenced to death. [17] During the Governorship of Rick Perry (2000-2015) Texas saw a record of 279 executions. [19]
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 February 13, 2025 James Dennis Ford: 64 36 28 Male White Florida: Lethal injection: Profile: 2 Richard Lee Tabler: 46 25 21 Texas: Profile: 3 March 7, 2025 Brad Keith Sigmon: 67 43 24 South Carolina: To be determined: Profile: 4 ...
How a stunning 11th-hour race to save a Texas death row inmate from execution in ‘shaken baby’ case unfolded ... of murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, which was attributed ...
The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday night as doubts linger over whether his decades-old ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1982 (when the state resumed executions) to 1989. All of the 33 people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. [1] [2]