Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was killed via lethal injection on Wednesday evening - the second execution in the country this year.

A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being executed. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev.

Steven Lawayne Nelson was handed the death penalty for killing of the 28-year-old during a robbery gone wrong - having acknowledged that he had shown up to North Pointe Baptist Church, in Arlington - a city between Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas.