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James Alex Fields Jr., (L) is seen attending the "Unite the Right" rally in Emancipation Park, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photo taken Aug. 12, 2017. Photo by Eze Amos/Reuters

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White supremacist sentenced to life in prison for Charlottesville car attack

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

Flowers are pictured on the street where Heather Heyer was killed when a suspected white nationalist crashed his car into anti-racist demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Jury recommends life in prison for man who drove into Charlottesville protest, killing Heather Heyer

James Alex Fields Jr. was convicted of killing a woman and injuring dozens when he drove his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year.

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

James Alex Fields Jr., (L) is seen attending the "Unite the Right" rally in Emancipation Park, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Photo taken Aug. 12, 2017. Photo by Eze Amos/Reuters

Man who drove into Charlottesville protest, killing Heather Heyer, convicted of first-degree murder

A state jury rejected arguments that James Alex Fields Jr. acted in self-defense during a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017.

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

James Alex Fields Jr., 20, is seen in a mugshot released by Charlottesville, Virginia police department after being charged with one count of second degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of failing to stop at an accident that resulted in a death after police say he drove a car into a crowd of counter protesters during the "Unite the Right" rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville. Photo by Charlottesville Police Department via Reuters

Charlottesville driver faces federal hate crime charges

WASHINGTON — Federal hate crime charges were filed Wednesday against a man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman and injuring dozens more.

By Associated Press

James Alex Fields Jr., 20, is seen in a mugshot released by Charlottesville, Virginia police department after being charged with one count of second degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of failing to stop at an accident that resulted in a death after police say he drove a car into a crowd of counter protesters during the "Unite the Right" rally by white nationalists in Charlottesville. Photo by Charlottesville Police Department via Reuters

Judge denies bond for suspect in Charlottesville attack at white nationalist rally

James Alex Fields Jr., 20, is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer, 32, and faces additional charges of malicious wounding and failure to stop in an accident that lead to a death.

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