Charlottesville attacker sentenced to life in prison
By Rachel Frazin - 06/28/19 02:24 PM EDT
The white supremacist who was convicted for ramming a crowd of protesters with his car in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017 has been sentenced to life in prison.
James Fields Jr. was set to be sentenced Friday for the killing of Heather Heyer, who died after he steered a Dodge Challenger into a crowd of demonstrators.
Fields was sentenced to life in a federal prison, The Associated Press reported. He apologized before he was sentenced, according to the AP.
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