{"id":27516,"date":"2025-09-19T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=27516"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:06:22","slug":"death-row-inmates-chilling-last-words-as-his-dog-watched-his-execution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=27516","title":{"rendered":"Death row inmate\u2019s chilling last words as his dog watched his execution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A death row inmate spoke his final words with his girlfriend and dog watching on earlier this year.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed via lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas back in February, having spent 13 years incarcerated on death row after being found guilty of murdering a pastor.<\/p><div class=\"vupsh69ff192ca9dca\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.vupsh69ff192ca9dca {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.vupsh69ff192ca9dca {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.vupsh69ff192ca9dca {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.vupsh69ff192ca9dca {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.vupsh69ff192ca9dca {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<div id=\"newsner-8b761a0b06f6902ebf468d15c91d0c30\" class=\"newsner-8b761a0b06f6902ebf468d15c91d0c30 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-488253143\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb-media bb_wrapper bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\" data-flags=\"{}\" data-softembargoremainingtime=\"0\" data-sid=\"peBTxsuUAsEp\" data-isready=\"true\" data-autoplaynextremainingtime=\"0\">\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-context-layer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/02\/05\/texas-execution-steven-nelson-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reports<\/a>, Nelson was responsible for the beating, strangling, and suffocation of 28-year-old Reverend Clinton Dobson during a robbery at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas in 2011. Dobson\u2019s secretary, Judy Elliot, survived the ordeal but was badly beaten.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson refused to admit killing the pastor, claiming that he was serving as a lookout while the robbery took place. In his version of events, Dobson and Elliot were both lying on the floor, incapacitated but still breathing, when he arrived.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-6ce56f3c048c3b8173f2639e35fb5a76\" class=\"newsner-6ce56f3c048c3b8173f2639e35fb5a76 newsner-incide_content_once\">\n<div id=\"newsner-450414123\" class=\"newsner-incide_content_once\">\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\" class=\"trc_related_container tbl-trecs-container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbnails-mid\" data-placement-name=\"Mid Article Thumbnails\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_880496975\" class=\"trc_rbox thumbnails-mid trc-content-sponsored\">\n<div class=\"trc_clearer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/02\/05\/texas-execution-steven-nelson-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Tribune<\/a>, Nelson was arrested two days later when he was found driving Elliot\u2019s car. In 2012, a little over a year after the murder of Dobson, he was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death.<\/p>\n<p>Each of Nelson\u2019s appeals were denied by state and federal courts, and though a clemency campaign was launched for the 37-year-old \u2013 spearheaded by death row spiritual adviser and anti-death penalty activist Reverend Jeff Hood \u2013 he was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, February 5.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176612\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/18114417\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-13.44.05.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/18114417\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-13.44.05.png 780w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/18114417\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-13.44.05-768x955.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"970\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Instagram \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/news\/death-row-inmates-chilling-last-words-as-his-dog-watched-his-execution\/Instagram%20\/%20justice_for_steven_nelson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">justice_for_steven_nelson<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/texas-execution-steven-nelson-c18f41a3e11c07362ee4f7db7f927f63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AP<\/a>, Nelson made a number of remarks as his execution got underway, most of which were aimed at his wife, Helene Noa Dubois, to whom he got married two weeks before his death.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson\u2019s white\u00a0dog was also present in the witness area, which Dubois lifted up to the window to watch as Nelson was executed. \u201cGive Monkey a hug for me,\u201d Nelson told her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-1480019446\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-623ee6d12a86e9dfdcd5b594fa201f1e\" class=\"newsner-623ee6d12a86e9dfdcd5b594fa201f1e newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>In his final words, Nelson expressed to Dubois that he was not afraid to die, saying: \u201cIt is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not scared, it\u2019s cold s**t in here,\u201d he added. \u201cBut I\u2019m at peace, I\u2019m ready to be at home. Let\u2019s ride, Warden.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176611\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/18114320\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-13.43.01.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/18114320\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-13.43.01.png 908w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/18114320\/Screenshot-2025-09-18-at-13.43.01-768x876.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"1036\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Instagram \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/justice_for_steven_nelson\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">justice_for_steven_nelson<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the lethal dose of pentobarbital was administered, Nelson is said to have told Dubois to \u2018let him go to\u00a0sleep\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The aforementioned Reverend Jeff Hood, serving as Nelson\u2019s spiritual advisor, told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/02\/05\/steven-nelson-executed-texas-clint-dobson\/78228878007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">USA Today:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIt took them forever to declare that he had passed. He fought to the very end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports claim that Nelson had left it up to his girlfriend whether or not she wanted to attend his execution. Their relationship began during his incarceration, with Nelson having told AFP: \u201cI\u2019ve never had human contact with her, it\u2019s always been behind glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen someone can love you behind glass and not touch you, or see what your scent smells like, none of that, and still love you deeply, unconditionally, that is something wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had previously stated that he didn\u2019t want Dubois, a French native, to watch him being executed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t want her to see that, me getting pumped full of drugs and being overdosed with drugs to kill me, to make my heart stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-983792760\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-c025225e24a31f564317a29238cd018e\" class=\"newsner-c025225e24a31f564317a29238cd018e newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think that would leave a bad impression. That would override the good memories we\u2019ve had over the years, to always close her eyes and see that. But if she makes that choice to be there then that\u2019s her choice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A death row inmate spoke his final words with his girlfriend and dog watching on earlier this year. Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed via lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas back in February, having spent 13 years incarcerated on death row after being found guilty of murdering a pastor. 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