(DC Pundit) – Texas bid farewell to one of its most notorious criminals on Wednesday. Steven Lawayne Nelson, a 37-year-old convicted murderer, took his final breath in a state execution chamber, leaving behind a trail of chilling words and a bizarre love story.
Nelson brutally ended the life of Rev. Clint Dobson in 2011. His wife of two weeks, Helena Noa Dubois, stood witness to his demise, clutching a white service dog.
“It is what it is,” Nelson reportedly told his newlywed bride. Perhaps he was referring to the irony of finding love just before losing his life. Or maybe he was commenting on the state of Texas’s criminal justice system.
As the lethal cocktail of pentobarbital began its deadly dance through his veins, Nelson, ever the smooth talker, decided to go out with these words: “I’m not scared. I’m at peace. Let’s ride, Warden,” he declared.
🚨 Murderer of Baptist minister executed in Texas, Wednesday. Rev. Clint Dobson, pictured here, was killed by a beast, who then lived on death row for a decade+. Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson — who was beaten, strangled, and… pic.twitter.com/UNvSvkKv64
— Ms. Pistolicious (@mspistolicious) February 6, 2025
The murderer’s callous last words were:
“Let’s ride, Warden.”
The killer was accused of murdering an inmate, while in prison. He wasn’t tried for that crime. Rehabilitation is a LIE. Throw away the keys & let’s execute people promptly, if they receive the death penalty.
Good… pic.twitter.com/sPgmDY4PWH— Ms. Pistolicious (@mspistolicious) February 6, 2025
In a final act of defiance (or perhaps romance), Nelson mouthed the word “love” twice before his body betrayed him with a brief convulsion. Twenty-four minutes later, he was officially pronounced dead.
Nelson’s rap sheet didn’t end with Rev. Dobson’s murder. While awaiting trial, he managed to add another inmate’s death to his resume.
Nelson’s execution marks the second in the United States for 2025, following South Carolina’s Marion Bowman Jr., who checked out last Friday for a 2001 murder.
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