Charlottesville Attacker Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Charges

[SummerMadness]

Charlottesville Attacker Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Charges

A man convicted of murder for killing a woman when he drove into a crowd protesting a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., pleaded guilty to additional federal hate crime charges on Wednesday.

The man, James Fields Jr., 21, faced 30 federal charges for his actions at the “Unite the Right” rally. He pleaded guilty to 29 of them, including one count of a hate crime that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer, an anti-racism activist, and 28 counts for the injuries to nearly 40 other protesters. Each of the counts to which he pleaded guilty carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000.

As part of the agreement, federal prosecutors dismissed one count of bias-motivated interference with federally protected activity resulting in death, referring to Mr. Fields’s act of violence during a state-sanctioned protest. It was the only count in the indictment that could have resulted in the death penalty, a Justice Department spokesman said.

 

[jgarden]

Charlottesville Attacker Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Charges

What are the chances that Fields receives a "Presidential Pardon," because as we all know there were "good people on both sides?"

If James Fields had been a Saudi Prince or the current leader of Russia, "The Donald" would have gone one step farther by vehemently denying that he was personally involved in this incident - irrespective of the evidence!

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Hmmm. Hot button issue.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Charlottesville Attacker Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime Charges

Sometimes the justice system actually works.