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March 28, 2019

Charlottesville Murderer James Alex Fields Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes
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In Virginia, self-described neo-Nazi James Alex Fields pleaded guilty
Wednesday to 29 counts of hate crimes in a federal court for plowing his
car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville in August
of 2017. As part of the deal, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death
penalty. Last December, a Virginia jury sentenced Fields to life in
prison for murdering anti-fascist protester Heather Heyer and injuring
28 others at a counterprotest of the white supremacist "Unite the Right"
rally.


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