A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church during a robbery was facing execution on Wednesday, the second scheduled execution in the U.S. so far this year.

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted against recommending clemency for death row inmate Wendell Grissom.

Grissom was convicted in the 2005 murder of Amber Dawn Matthews, while she was protecting her friend’s children during a home ...