(AP) Jurors have told a judge they need more time to come up with a sentencing recommendation for a man who killed a woman and injured dozens when he drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year.
The jury that convicted James Alex Fields Jr. of first-degree murder and other charges deliberated on his sentence for just under two hours Monday. Jurors then told Judge Richard Moore they would like to go home for the day and resume deliberations Tuesday morning.
A 32-year-old paralegal and civil rights activist, Heather Heyer, was killed and nearly three dozen others were hurt when Fields plowed his car into a crowd on Aug. 12, 2017.
The jury began considering his sentence after listening to Heyer's mother describe the pain caused by her daughter's death. Jurors also heard testimony from a defense psychologist who said Fields has a long history of mental health issues, including bipolar disorder.
