Joseph Michael Wilson


Summary of Offense:

Wilson was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of Charles Larnar Hemphill, Bryan Carter, Michael Beaudette and Johnny Couch. The jury also returned a guilty verdict on charges of attempted murder in assaults on Ashley Rutherford and Michelle Hayden Mills.

He was accused of taking part in a shooting spree on September 25, 1996, at Rutherford's home on U.S. 72, just west of the Huntsville city limits. The incident occurred around midnight over a report that Hemphill had filed with authorities over his missing cellular telephone.

Wilson was sentenced to death on November 10, 1998.

Accomplices Corey Johnson and Nicholas Acklin were also convicted. Johnson received a 15-year sentence and was released in 2011, whereas Acklin was sentenced to death. For more on Acklin, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...icholas+acklin