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Texas death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson poses for a photo in a visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit outside Livingston, Texas, on Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo ...
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 ...
Death Row Inmate Mouthed a 2-Word Message to His Victims’ Families in Final Moments Before His Execution. Kimberlee Speakman. February 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM. FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty . The ...
The warden of Texas's Huntsville prison testified that she was a model prisoner and that, after 14 years on death row, she likely had been reformed. [26] The board rejected her appeal on January 28, 1998. [26] [27] Hours before the execution, Texas Governor George W. Bush refused the final 11th-hour appeal to block her execution.
Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.
The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions , the information may become outdated.
Texas man Steven Nelson, convicted in 2012 of murdering a pastor the year before, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening. Texas convict issues last message to wife before execution ...
— John B. Nixon, American convicted murderer (14 December 2005), right before being executed "My last words will be 'Hoka Hey, it's a good day to die.' Thank you very much. I love you all. Goodbye." [10] [68] — Clarence Ray Allen, American criminal (17 January 2006); statement written prior to execution by lethal injection