Texas executed Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a beloved young pastor. Nelson, who was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. CT, was convicted of killing the Rev.

If his execution is carried out, it will be the first in Texas since Robert Roberson’s was stayed in October after an unprecedented legal maneuver by

Steven Nelson was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insisted he did not commit.