Posted on 06/28/2019 1:26:19 PM PDT by FewsOrange
James Fields Jr., the white supremacist who murdered a woman two summers ago when he steered a Dodge Challenger into a crowd of peaceful demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., was sentenced Friday to life in federal prison.
Lawyers for Mr. Fields, 22, had pleaded for mercy, citing his difficult childhood and mental health problems. Prosecutors had sought the life sentence, arguing that Mr. Fields’s racist, anti-Semitic beliefs motivated the decision to attend the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville and to attack counterprotesters, killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens of others.
“The defendant’s crimes were so horrendous — and the maiming of innocents so severe — that they outweigh any factors the defendant may argue form a basis for leniency,” federal prosecutors told the judge in a sentencing memo. “This is particularly true in light of the fact that he has demonstrated that he feels no remorse for his actions and continues to espouse his hateful ideology.”
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Mr. Fields was convicted separately in state court of first-degree murder in December, and jurors recommended a life sentence. A judge will decide in the coming weeks whether to accept that recommendation.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Your opinion is that Trump can do no good, which is a rather childish opinion not worthy of consideration.
Dwayne Dixon is part of the "redneck revolt" which is a openly stated militant leftist group. The same people that created the redneck revolt also created "Justice Democrats."
“This guy wasn’t railroaded at all. His case never went to trial because he pled guilty after evidence came to light from his social media postings.
Apparently those postings included messages describing how much he was looking forward to traveling to Charlottesville so he could run people over with his car. “
The document at this link shows includes his posts
http://www.charlottesville.org/home/showdocument?id=63713
Did you miss the part of the article where it says he pleaded guilty?
“There’s video out there...”
And that BS died as soon as it started. The guy drove into a crowd. He is nuts but has to live with the results of his actions. One dead; others hurt.
LOL!
I was probably one of the earliest supporters of Trump, my support of him here on FR goes back to 2011, probably years before you.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
He died in the hospital of wounds from the police officers returning fire. You want to dig him up and put him in prison?
Troll.
Moron.
“it was an attempt to escape.”
No, it wasn’t. Cut it out.
Umm, ever notice that he never gets listed as an example either of political violence or a reason for gun control?
Leftist double standards extend in more than one direction and endure past the grave.
Troll.
there was no need for name calling
How would you know? You didn't even know he was dead.
I believe it also said she died of blunt force impact trauma or some such.
How do they arrive at "first degree murder"? Does it not require premeditation?
I had thought I had read that they found her blood on his bumper, but perhaps I misunderstood. If it is as you describe, this verdict is bullsh*t.
This guy is a scapegoat and the court was heavily influenced by media propaganda designed to outrage people and whip them into a frenzy.
I'm sure you've read Orwell. Well, a lot of this stuff is memory holed. Youtube probably will not allow this video to remain up.
If that's true, then the only hope he ever had was an insanity defense.
If that's true, that might be where they got that "first degree" charge. Of course John S Mosby said that he didn't actually hit her with his car. He hit the back end of another car and caused a chain reaction, and one of the subsequent cars hit her and caused her to have a heart attack.
“Had a leftist done this outside a Trump rally there is no reason to believe their penalty would have been less.”
That assumes they would have been charged with first degree murder
“Who didn’t see the pictures of Antifa thugs carrying clubs.”
Nor did you see the guy that threatened him with an AR.
“Did they have a permit to be in the street?”
Yes, Antifa didn’t. The Mayor, the Governor and the police all helped Antifa. The police funneled the Alt-Right people right into Antifa’s arms.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196572720/heather-danielle-heyer
Notice NO Gravesite is mentioned.
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