Nicholas “Nick” Bernard Acklin
Summary of Offense:
Acklin 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 starting 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.
Acklin was sentenced to death on November 10, 1998.
His sentence was affirmed on direct appeal by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on April 28, 2000.
Accomplices Corey Johnson and Joseph Michael "Joey" Wilson were also convicted. Johnson received a 15-year sentence and was released in 2011, whereas Wilson was sentenced to death. For more on Wilson, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...=joseph+wilson
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