2 clergy members have called on Gov. Greg Abbott to stop a planned execution. Steven Nelson is set to die on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of an Arlington preacher. The clergy members delivered a ...

"Do not avenge the death of the victim of Steven Nelson on the behalf of all pastors, because by far, I think the vast majority of us do not support the death penalty," said Rev. Barlow-Williams.

A man who was convicted of suffocating an Arlington pastor during a robbery by placing a plastic bag over his head is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday night at a Texas prison. Steven Nelson ...