After a two-day trial, a jury found Nicole Johnson guilty of capital murder of her unborn child. Her lawyer provided the following statement to the press:
"It is clear there was a strong bias against my client (...) the case against Nicole was not based in hard fact but relied on undermining her character, portraying her as 'deviant' and 'promiscuous'."
Trial has moved to sentencing, with Ms Johnson at risk of facing life in prison or even the needle. She will face a double gauntlet at both the state and federal level; while the state is likely to give her life in prison, the federal sentence will be more severe in all likelihood.