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The supporter's entrance of the Signal Iduna Park, Germany's biggest stadium of Borussia Dortmund, is closed in Dortmund, Germany, Thursday, May 14, 2020. Bundesliga will now restart on May 16, 2020 when Borussia Dortmund will play the derby against FC Schalke 04 at home without spectators due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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By The Associated Press May. 14, 2020 01:04 PM EDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. Fields who was convicted in a deadly car attack on a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia is expected to change his plea to federal hate crime charges. An online court docket updated late Tuesday, March 26, 2019, says Fields is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville on Wednesday for a change-of-plea hearing. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
Man convicted in Charlottesville attack plans to change plea

Mar. 26, 2019 06:38 PM EDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. Fields, convicted of first-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia faces 20 years to life in prison as jurors reconvene to consider his punishment. The panel that convicted Fields will hear more evidence Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, before recommending a sentence for Judge Richard Moore. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
Jury recommends life in prison for man who rammed crowd

By Denise Lavoie Dec. 11, 2018 04:01 PM EST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. Fields, convicted of first-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia faces 20 years to life in prison as jurors reconvene to consider his punishment. The panel that convicted Fields will hear more evidence Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, before recommending a sentence for Judge Richard Moore. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
The Latest: Slain woman's mom 'content' with life sentence

Dec. 11, 2018 01:57 PM EST

This artwork shows James Alex Jr., during the second day of jury selection in his trial in Charlottesville General District Court in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Izabel Zermani)
The Latest: No sentence yet for man who rammed protesters

Dec. 10, 2018 05:33 PM EST

Local activists raise their fists outside Charlottesville General District Court after a guilty verdict was reached in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Fields was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer as well as nine other counts during a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Jury deciding sentence for man who rammed rally protesters

By Denise Lavoie Dec. 10, 2018 04:09 PM EST

Local activists raise their fists outside Charlottesville General District Court after a guilty verdict was reached in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Fields was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer as well as nine other counts during a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Man who drove into crowd convicted of first-degree murder

By Denise Lavoie Dec. 07, 2018 11:10 PM EST

Susan Bro, center, mother of Heather Heyer, is escorted down the steps of the courthouse after a guilty verdict was reached in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Charlottesville General district court in Charlottesville, Va. Fields was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer as well as nine other counts during a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
The Latest: Charlottesville hopes verdict will help healing

Dec. 07, 2018 08:03 PM EST

Jury in trial of man who drove car into counterprotesters at white nationalist rally in Virginia has reached a verdict

Dec. 07, 2018 05:05 PM EST
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jury in trial of man who drove car into counterprotesters at white nationalist rally in Virginia has reached a verdict. ...