FILE PHOTO: James Alex Fields Jr., attends the “Unite the Right” rally in Emancipation Park, before being arrested by police and charged with charged with one count of second degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of failing to stop at an accident that resulted in a death after police say he drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters later in the afternoon in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2017. REUTERS/Eze Amos/File Photo
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – A white nationalist who drove his car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia last year, killing one person, should spend the rest of his life in prison, a jury said on Tuesday.
The jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, found James Fields, 21, guilty of first-degree murder and nine other crimes for killing Heather Heyer, 32, and injuring 19 other people after the “Unite the Right” gathering on Aug. 12, 2017.
The trial judge will determine whether to accept the jury’s recommendation or reduce the proposed sentence.
Reporting by Gary Robertson in Charlottesville, Va.; Editing by Scott Malone and Bill Berkrot
