Autauga County Man Sentenced to 965 Years for Child Sexual Abuse Crimes

Overview

• Presiding Judge Amanda Baxley ordered each sentence to run consecutively, resulting in a total of 965 years in prison.
• A jury in October found Jason Wade Hudson guilty on 84 counts, including first-degree rape and sodomy of a child under 12, incest, five production counts, and 75 possession counts.
• The investigation began after NCMEC flagged tagged downloads, leading to the discovery of thousands of illicit files and home videos showing abuse of a child under 12.
• District Attorney CJ Robinson said Hudson had faced a theoretical maximum of 1,473 years, called the evidence among the most disturbing he has seen, and lamented that the death penalty was not available.
• The victim spoke in court about her recovery, and Hudson’s wife previously pleaded guilty to first-degree sodomy and was sentenced in July to 30 years.