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the man who drove his car into a crowd of people on august 12, 2017 will be sentenced in federal court this morning. his attorney filed a motion last week asking for mercy on the grounds that his young age makes life imprisonment “cruel and unusual punishment.”
many of the people he hurt that day face lifelong injuries. the heal charlottesville fund is still disbursing funds to support them. you can donate here:
cacfonline.org/heal_charlotte…
by now you’ve already seen the news. fields was sentenced to life on all 29 counts, with the sentence for heather heyer’s murder to be served first, followed by 28 concurrent life sentences for the other counts. the sentences will be served concurrently with his state sentence.
rather than trying to thread here, 280 characters at a time, the weight of the victim impact statements we heard today or the vile, horrific racism uncovered in fields’ social media, i think i will record a coda to last year’s trial podcast, but that can wait until tomorrow.
i haven’t read the coverage produced by the packed pews of reporters who heard the same apology i heard so i don’t know what you may have read. but he’s not sorry for what he did.
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