Quinisha BrabsonThe daughters of a man shot while trying to trade pills for crack cocaine are happy that his killer will face a decade or more in prison for the crime.
April Parsley and Tammy Nichols said their father, Timothy Nichols, 50, wasn’t perfect but he was a good dad and grandfather who was trying to change his life around the time he was killed on April 8, 2010.
A jury deliberated seven hours over two days before reaching the verdict Thursday morning. They found Quinisha Brabson, 23, guilty of second-degree murder. She faces a 15- to 25-year sentence on March 18.
Brabson has been in jail custody since her arrest the night of the shooting. She will receive credit toward her sentence for the time served.
After the verdict, prosecutor Matthew Rogers returned to what he told jurors during his closing arguments. That even though Nichols had a drug addiction he didn’t deserve to be killed that night.