Peterson said the activist community helped her get through the past two weeks.

“They’ve been here for me; people are constantly checking in to see if I need anything,” she said. “We’re just always hugging one another — we take care of one another.”

Constance Young, another survivor, said she thought the verdict was a great step in the right direction for everyone who was injured, as well as the anti-racist activists who came to Charlottesville that August day.

"I also felt that this sort of justice is the best-case scenario in terms of punitive justice, but this isn't restorative for me," she said. "Heather's not coming back, many people still have pins and screws in their bodies and we're all going to continue to live our lives with this trauma."

Two more days have been allotted for the sentencing phase. Judge Richard E. Moore said the jury will return at 9:30 a.m. Monday to hear victim impact statements and decide Fields’ sentences.

The jury will decide on a potential prison sentence of 20 years to life for the first-degree murder charge, 20 years to life for each count of aggravated malicious wounding, five to 20 years for each count of malicious wounding, and zero to 10 years for the hit-and-run charge.

Tyler Hammel is a reporter for The Daily Progress. Contact him at (434) 978-7268, thammel@dailyprogress.com or @TylerHammelVA on Twitter.

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