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as expected, james alex fields has changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on 29 federal hate crime charges - one for the murder of heather heyer and 28 counts for injuring or attempting to injure 28 living victims, because of their race, ethnicity or nation of origin.
in exchange for pleading guilty to the first 29 counts on the federal indictment, the 30th charge, which carried the death penalty, was dropped. the plea included an agreement that life imprisonment was the appropriate sentencing guideline for all 29 charges.
fields will be sentenced on these federal charges on july 3rd. his sentencing for his conviction on 10 charges, including first degree murder, by the commonwealth of virginia is also in july, on the 15th. the jury recommended life + 419 years on those charges.
