Fields, 21, drove his car into a group of counterprotesters at the rally last year, killing Heather Heyer, 24, and injuring 19 othersOn Friday he was convicted of murder after seven hours of deliberation by the jury. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison
A white nationalist who drove his car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year, killing one of the counterprotesters, was found guilty on Friday of first-degree murder and nine other counts.
The jury deliberated for about seven hours before convicting James Fields, 21, of all charges stemming from the deadly attack that occurred after police had declared an unlawful assembly and cleared a city park of white supremacists gathered for the “Unite the Right” rally.
Fields, who did not take the witness box to defend himself, faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
