James Alex Fields Jr.

• Charlottesville white supremacist handed 2nd life sentence for deadly car attack

  The state sentence is mainly symbolic given his previous sentence on the federal charges.

  World

  Jul 15, 2019
  
• Man guilty in Charlottesville attack seeks mercy as life sentence nears

  The self-avowed white supremacist who plowed his car into counterdemonstrators opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia two years ago, killing one person and injuring dozens, has asked a judge for mercy and a sentence shorter than life in prison.

  World

  Jun 22, 2019
  
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• Man who killed anti-racism activist in Charlottesville pleads guilty to hate crimes

  A man convicted on state murder charges in a deadly car attack at a white nationalist rally in Virginia has pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges.

  Crime

  Mar 27, 2019
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• Accused killer from Charlottesville white nationalist rally set for trial

  James Alex Fields Jr., a 21-year-old Ohio man known in high school for being fascinated with Nazism and idolizing Adolf Hitler, heads to trial Monday in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

  World

  Nov 26, 2018
• 2 Confederate statues shrouded in black in Charlottesville

  The tarps symbolize the city's mourning for a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally

  Politics

  Aug 23, 2017
• Charlottesville: Mourners gather to honour Heather Heyer at memorial service

  The 32-year-old was a Charlottesville resident and legal assistant whose mother described her daughter as a courageous, principled woman and firm believer in justice and equality.

  World

  Aug 16, 2017
• Charlottesville car attack suspect James Alex Fields Jr. denied bond

  The man accused of ramming his car into a crowd of demonstrators during clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, is due to appear in court Monday.

  World

  Aug 14, 2017
• What we know about James Fields, man accused of driving car into crowd in Charlottesville

  Police charged James Alex Fields Jr. with second-degree murder after the silver Dodge Challenger they say he was driving barrelled through a crowd of counter-protesters.

  Crime

  Aug 13, 2017