Murderer on death row insists he is innocent in defiant seven-word admission

Steven Nelson was convicted of the execution of Clint Dobson, the pastor of the NorthPointe Baptist Church successful Arlington, Texas, but helium has maintained his innocence successful the years since

A death row inmate who is acceptable to beryllium enactment executed contiguous insists helium is guiltless - and proclaimed that helium is "not the monster they accidental I am."

Steven Nelson, 37, wants a prevarication detctor to beryllium helium is guiltless contempt being convicted of the murder of Clint Dobson, the 28-year-old pastor of the NorthPointe Baptist Church successful Arlington, Texas.

Nelson acknowledges helium served arsenic a lookout during the robbery determination and helium entered the religion aft the decease to bargain immoderate items but denies murdering the pastor. However, helium has reportedly been denied a prevarication detector and is acceptable to beryllium executed connected decease enactment aboriginal today.

Reflecting connected his upcoming execution, helium said: "People bash merit 2nd chances. You know, I'm not a mislaid cause. I'm not beyond, beyond help. I'm not broken... I'm not the nonaccomplishment they accidental that I am."

The execution happened successful 2011 and since his conviction, Nelson has been caged successful an 8x10-foot compartment for 22 to 24 hours a day. Chances of immoderate reprieve looked bleaker erstwhile Donald Trump came backmost into power arsenic the 78-year-old politician, unlike his predecessor, is simply a proponent of superior punishment.

Mr Dobson was beaten and suffocated successful the onslaught successful 2011, portion Judy Elliott, the religion secretary, was besides severely beaten but survived. Nelson has since said helium would similar to apologise to Ms Elliott claiming "it inactive hurts to this days that I couldn't bash thing astatine the time".

But Nelson's appeals against his condemnation and decease condemnation person been repeatedly rejected by Texas courts and the US Supreme Court has declined to perceive his case.

In an interrogation with News Nation, Nelson stressed helium did not perpetrate the murder. He said: "My lawyers astatine that clip told maine not to attest due to the fact that during that trial, they lone did aboveground stuff. They didn't analyse my different 2 co defendants. They didn't analyse anything.

"The grounds that my proceedings lawyers successful that clip didn't present, it shows that I did not termination anybody. It besides shows however the judicial strategy is made for you to suffer astatine each costs, nary substance what. And that shouldn't beryllium right."

Nelson said helium is acrophobic to permission his woman unsocial and it is up to her to determine whether she wants to witnesser his execution adding that helium didn't privation his woman to witnesser the infinitesimal the lethal injection is administered. He has besides tried to scope retired to the religion but they person reportedly denied his letters.