Facts of the Crime:
On June 26, 1996, Bethel and his accomplice, fellow gang member Jeremy Chavis, murdered 18-year-old James Reynolds and Reynolds' girlfriend, 14-year-old Shannon K. Hawks, in a field in Franklin County. Bethel, a Crips gang member, suspected Reynolds was to testify against Tyrone Green, a fellow Crip, in connection with a prior murder. Bethel and Chavis lured Reynolds and Hawks to the field by telling them that they were going to shoot off guns for fun. When the group arrived at the field, Bethel and Chavis shot Hawks four times and Reynolds 10 times. Bethel later confessed the murders to his girlfriend. Chavis was also convicted of the two aggravated murders and sentenced to 30 years to life on each count.
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