Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in Charlottesville murder of Heather Heyer

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James Fields Jr., a neo-Nazi convicted of murder in a car attack on an anti-racism activist after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, pleaded guilty Wednesday to 29 federal hate crime charges.

Under the terms of the agreement, one additional charge, which could have brought the death penalty, was dropped, according to The Daily Progress.

Fields, of Maumee, Ohio, was convicted in December on state murder charges for killing Heather Heyer by driving his car into a crowd of counter protesters who were leaving the 2017 rally. More than 30 people were hurt in the attack.

The plea deal on Wednesday means there will be no trial on federal charges. Fields had pleaded not guilty to the federal counts last year and could face a life sentence.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/03/27/neo-nazi-pleads-guilty-federal-hate-crimes-virgina-car-assault-heather-heyer-james-fields/3291835002/

[anarch]

1. has anybody put odds on whether he'll get a presidential pardon?

Not that I would encourage gambling and so on....

[Aristus]

2. This is why I oppose the death penalty.

Life in prison: this guy will have a long, looooooooong time to ask himself over and over: "Was it worth it?"

Seriously. Was it worth it? The momentary thrill you got from running down and killing someone who had never done anything to you, was living a productive life, and was standing up in support of a threatened people. Was it worth it?

You get to eat shitty food for the rest of your life, never drive that car you're so proud of, live in a smelly, soul-crushing prison with vile people who are as bad as, if not worse than, you, and be bored out of your mind.

Was it worth it?

You'll have a long, loooooooong time to figure it out...