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December 12, 2018

Charlottesville: Jury Sentences Neo-Nazi to Life for "Unite the Right" Rally Murder
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In Charlottesville, a jury sentenced self-described neo-Nazi James Alex
Fields to life in prison for killing anti-fascist protester Heather
Heyer at last year's white supremacist "Unite the Right" rally. Fields
was convicted of first-degree murder by the jury Friday. A judge will
formally sentence Fields on March 29; he can impose a less severe
punishment than the jurors but is not allowed to increase the sentence,
according to Virginia law.


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