James Alex Fields Jr., 20, was arrested in August 2017 and charged with second-degree murder after he slammed his car into a group of liberal protesters in downtown Charlottesville, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others.

Fields, Jr. was said to have a infatuation with Nazis and Hitler, according to a former student.

Fields was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after pleading guilty in March to federal hate crime charges.

The AP reported:

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