Man convicted in 2017 Charlottesville car attack to appeal

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — An Ohio man plans to appeal his convictions for driving his car into a crowd of counterprotestors during a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia. The Daily Progress, citing online court records, reports that a lawyer for James Alex Fields Jr. filed a notice of appeal Monday. In December 2018, Fields... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

July 15, 2019

Man faces second sentence in Charlottesville car attack

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia is set to face a state judge who could add another life sentence, plus 419 years. James Alex Fields Jr., 22, will be sentenced... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

June 28, 2019

Prosecutors seek life sentence in Charlottesville car attack

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — To federal prosecutors, James Alex Fields Jr. is a callous, hate-filled young man who saw a group of people protesting against white nationalists and decided to kill them. But to Fields’ lawyers, he is a troubled 22-year-old with a history of mental illness who deserves some measure of leniency. A federal... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

June 17, 2019

Sentencing moved up for man in deadly Charlottesville rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A sentencing hearing has been moved up for an avowed white supremacist convicted of federal hate crimes for plowing his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr. was originally scheduled to be sentenced July 3. A notice filed in... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

March 28, 2019

Guilty plea to hate crimes in deadly car attack at rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — In a case that stirred racial tensions across the country, a self-avowed white supremacist pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime charges in a deadly attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia, admitting that he intentionally plowed his speeding car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, killing a woman and... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

March 27, 2019

Man convicted in car attack due in court for plea change

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man convicted on state murder charges in a deadly car attack on counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia is due in federal court for a change-of-plea hearing. James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, was convicted in state court in December in the death of anti-racism activist Heather... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

March 5, 2019

Sentencing postponed in deadly white nationalist rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A sentencing hearing has been delayed for a man convicted of driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Virginia. James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, was convicted in December of first-degree murder in the killing of anti-racism activist Heather Heyer and multiple... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

December 12, 2018

Jury recommends life in prison for man who rammed crowd

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury Tuesday called for a sentence of life in prison plus 419 years for the Hitler admirer who killed a woman when he rammed his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville two summers ago. The decision capped a trial laced with survivors’ anguished testimony and details... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

December 11, 2018

Jury to resume deliberations on white nationalist’s sentence

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia jury is set to resume deliberations on a sentencing recommendation for a man convicted of killing a woman and injuring dozens when he drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally. Jurors spent just under two hours Monday considering a sentence for James Alex Fields Jr. They... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

December 10, 2018

Jury to recommend sentence for white nationalist

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man convicted of first-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia faces 20 years to life in prison as jurors reconvene to consider his punishment. The panel that convicted James Alex Fields Jr. will hear more evidence Monday before recommending a sentence for... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

December 7, 2018

Jury set to deliberate murder case in 2017 fatal car ramming

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A prosecutor told a jury Thursday that James Alex Fields Jr. had hate and violence in his mind when he deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally, killing one woman, injuring dozens and leaving bodies strewn on the ground. As prosecutors urged jurors to... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

November 30, 2018

Key trial issue: Why did driver plow into counterprotesters?

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — No one disputes James Alex Fields Jr. plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year, killing a woman and injuring dozens more. The only question, jurors were told Thursday, is why did he do it? During opening statements at his murder trial,... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

November 29, 2018

Jury to hear opening statements in white nationalist trial

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury is expected to hear conflicting versions of what happened during a deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia last year as an Ohio man accused of killing a woman and injuring dozens of others goes on trial. James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, is charged with first-degree murder and... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

November 26, 2018

Trial to begin for man charged in white nationalist rally

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin in the trial of an Ohio man accused of killing a woman during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville last year. James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Fields is accused of driving... Read More

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James Alex Fields Jr.

Man convicted in 2017 Charlottesville car attack to appeal

Man faces second sentence in Charlottesville car attack

Prosecutors seek life sentence in Charlottesville car attack

Sentencing moved up for man in deadly Charlottesville rally

Guilty plea to hate crimes in deadly car attack at rally

Man convicted in car attack due in court for plea change

Sentencing postponed in deadly white nationalist rally

Jury recommends life in prison for man who rammed crowd

Jury to resume deliberations on white nationalist’s sentence

Jury to recommend sentence for white nationalist

Jury set to deliberate murder case in 2017 fatal car ramming

Key trial issue: Why did driver plow into counterprotesters?

Jury to hear opening statements in white nationalist trial

Trial to begin for man charged in white nationalist rally

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