He was convicted for murdering New York City Police Department detectives James Nemorin and Rodney Andrews in a gun sale, then searching their bodies and stealing their car.

The victims' family members and fellow police officers greeted pronouncement of his death sentence with cheers and applause; Wilson reacted by sticking his tongue out in their direction.

[9] While in the MDC, he fathered a child with Federal Officer Nancy Gonzalez during an illicit rendezvous in the staff bathroom on July 15, 2012.

[10] The prosecutor in the original case, Jack Smith, served as chief of the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice and was appointed as the special counsel investigating Donald Trump in 2022.

On March 15, 2016, Judge Garaufis concluded that Wilson is mentally handicapped, making him ineligible for execution under the Eighth Amendment.