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flag Steven Nelson, a Texas inmate, faces execution despite claiming innocence in a 2011 church murder.

flag Steven Nelson, a 37-year-old Texas inmate, is scheduled for lethal injection after being convicted of the 2011 murder of a pastor during a church robbery. flag Nelson claims he is innocent, blaming two accomplices who were never tried. flag His appeals have been denied by Texas courts and the US Supreme Court. flag Nelson, who has been in solitary confinement for over a decade, has asked his spiritual advisor to be present during the execution. flag His wife, Helene Noa Dubois, whom he married in prison, is deciding whether to witness the execution. flag The death penalty is still legal in the majority of US states, though it has been abolished in 23 states.

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