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UPDATE: A man pleads not guilty to hating crime charges in a deadly attack on protesters opposed to a white nationalist rally.
EARLIER:
WASHINGTON – The man previously charged with murder for driving a car against protesters The white nationalist rally of last summer will be charged with hate crimes in a hall. Charlottesville federal hearing, Thursday afternoon.
James Alex Fields, Jr., 21, of Ohio, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury. out of 30 civil rights charges, including two in connection with the death of Heather Heyer, who was killed at the 12 August 2017 Unite The Right rally in downtown Charlottesville
Fields must be judged a few blocks from houses, Charlottesville Circuit Court, in November, on charges laid by the state of first degree murder, five counts of malicious injury, hit and run, and other charges.
Prosecutors said that they would seek life imprisonment. two charges are directly related to the death of Heyer
The maximum sentence for "act of criminal hatred resulting in death" is life imprisonment, but federal prosecutors also have accused Fields of "interference motivated by the 39, Federal Protected Activity ". Death, "which can be punishable by death."
Last week, federal prosecutors had not said they intended to seek the death penalty.
We still do not know who will represent Fields in his federal affair.
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