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mystery-ak:
DOJ requests 40-year sentence for man who assaulted Paul Pelosi
By
Brady Knox
May 10, 2024 9:07 pm
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The Department of Justice is requesting a 40-year sentence against the man who broke into the Pelosis‘ home and assaulted Paul Pelosi with a hammer.

David DePape was previously convicted by a jury of not only assaulting Paul Pelosi but also attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Prosecutors argued that a sentence of 40 years in prison was needed to assure elected officials that they wouldn’t live in fear.

“Here, it is not the public that needs protecting, but the public officials. Our public officials should not live in fear of their lives, but attacks like the defendant’s breed fear and dissuade people from running for office or otherwise taking roles in the public sphere,” prosecutors wrote. “At this moment in time, this defendant continues to present as a strong risk—to the Speaker Emerita and others—because of his failure to accept responsibility.”

Prosecutors also justified the sentence given DePape never expressed remorse for his crimes.

“The defendant seemed proud of what he had accomplished,” prosecutors wrote. “Hours later, when interviewed by Sergeant Hurley, the defendant also expressed no remorse about nearly killing Mr. Pelosi, and instead explained the other targets that he had not been able to reach.”

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3000549/doj-requests-40-year-sentence-man-assaulted-paul-pelosi/

mountaineer:
 *****rollingeyes*****

libertybele:
I wonder if they'll allow Paulie conjugal visits. :whistle:

Hoodat:
Why is DOJ involved?  These are State crimes, not Federal.

mountaineer:

--- Quote ---Here, it is not the public that needs protecting, but the public officials.
--- End quote ---
I realize the guy allegedly said he was looking for Nancy, but she wasn't even there. Paul Pelosi is not a public official. However, because he's married to the former Shrew Speaker of the House, it was a federal matter.

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