A Texas man convicted of murd£ring a pastor was put to de@th on Wednesday, Feb. 5, and he had some last words before being executed.
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 k!lling of the Rev. Clint Dobson — who was be@ten, ch0ked, and suff0cated with a plastic bag inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, according to the Associated Press.
Victim
The murd£rer spent his final moments alive speaking to his wife, Helena Noa Dubois, as she held up a white service dog to a window separating Nelson from witnesses to his execution.
He urged his wife to live a full life.
“It is what it is,” he could be heard telling his wife, whom he married two weeks before being put to de@th, according to the AP.
Then Nelson uttered his final words.
“I’m not scared. I’m at peace. Let’s ride, Warden,” he said right before he was lethally injected.
As the f@tal dose of pentobarbital coursed through his system, Nelson was seen mouthing the word “love” twice before briefly convulsing.
He was declared de@d 24 minutes later, according to the AP.
While imprisoned and awaiting trial, Nelson was indicted in the k!lling of another inmate, a charge for which he was never tried.
This is the second execution to be carried out in the US in 2025.