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December 10, 2018

Charlottesville: Jury Convicts Neo-Nazi of Murder at "Unite the Right" Rally
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In Virginia, a jury convicted self-described neo-Nazi James Alex Fields
of first-degree murder for killing anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer.
At the deadly Charlottesville rally last year, Fields plowed his car
into a crowd of people protesting the white supremacist "Unite the
Right" rally, killing 32-year-old Heyer and injuring 35 others. A
sentencing hearing is set to take place today. Fields is also facing
separate federal hate crime charges, which could result in the death
penalty.


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