The State of Texas executed a Black man convicted of killing a pastor during a robbery in 2011, despite his claims that while he was present during the crime he was not responsible for the murder.

Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening for the 2011 death of the Rev. Clint Dobson and assault of his assistant Judy Elliott. Nelson, who was a native of Pontatoz,