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Man sentenced to life plus 419 years on hate crime charges in US

<span style="color: #222222;">In the United States, a man has been sentenced to life plus 419 years on federal hate crime charges for deliberately driving his car into anti-racism protesters during a rally in Virginia.<br />''<br />''22-year old James Alex Fields Junior received the sentence for killing one person and injuring dozens during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on 12th August 2017.<br />''<br />''Last month, Fields received a life sentence on 29 federal hate crime charges.<br />''<br />''Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Richard Moore followed a state jury's recommendation in handing down the sentence. Under state law, he was allowed to go lower than the recommendation, but not higher.<br />''<br />''During Fields' state trial, his attorneys focused on his history of mental illness and traumatic childhood.</span>

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