Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...
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The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...
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The Ladies on Death Row
From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...
Death row inmate’s chilling last words for warden before lethal injection are revealed
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.
Texas executes man for pastor's killing during robbery at a church
Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson at a Baptist church in Arlington. Dobson’s ...
Executed man’s surprising last three words
A US man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death this — and uttered some unexpected last words prior to being ...
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The Prisoner Who Planted a Church on Death Row
Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...
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Texas convict issues last message to wife before execution for killing pastor
A Texas man convicted ... Nelson was sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, who was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag inside NorthPointe Baptist Church ...
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Texas executes man for pastor's killing during robbery at a church
He was pronounced dead 24 minutes later.Nelson was the first Texas death row inmate executed since Robert ... strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in ...