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Neo-Nazi James Fields Gets 2nd Life Sentence For Charlottesville Attack
By: Sasha Ingber | NPR
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The Virginia court’s sentence is largely symbolic. Last month, a federal judge sentenced Fields to life in prison for killing a woman protesting a white nationalist rally in 2017.
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Sentencing Moved up for man in Deadly Charlottesville Rally
By: Associated Press
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – A sentencing hearing has been moved up for a self-avowed white supremacist convicted of federal hate crimes for plowing his car into a crowd of anti-racism… Read More