James Alex Fields pleaded guilty Wednesday to mowing over a crowd of protesters at a 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a woman and injuring numerous others.
The self-avowed white supremacist pleaded guilty to 29 of 30 federal charges Wednesday, admitting he intentionally plowed through a crowd of anti-racism protesters at a white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017, The Associated Press reported.
Fields, 21, admitted Wednesday to driving his car over the protesters because of their race, religion, color or national origin, the AP reported. Fields’s guilty plea comes after he was convicted of first-degree murder in December for the murder of Heather Heyer.
“The defendant’s hate-inspired act of domestic terrorism not only devastated Heather Heyer’s wonderful family and the 28 peaceful protesters … but it also left an indelible mark on the city of Charlottesville, our state and our country,” said U.S. Attorney Thomas Cullen, according to the AP.
Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty after Fields agreed to a plea deal that puts him in prison for life.
“There’s no point in killing him,” Heyer’s mother, Susan Bro, also told the AP. “It would not bring back Heather.”
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