Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and att…
FILE – David DePape is seen, Dec. 13, 2013, in Berkeley, Calif. Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for DePape, the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer. SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to impose a 40-year prison sentence for the man who broke into former U.S.
“There is nothing about the history and characteristics of the defendant that warrant leniency,” federal prosecutors wrote in court documents. “The defendant has admitted — indeed bragged — that he knew what he was doing.”last year of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. He is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.San Jose man pleads no contest to killing two women in Thanksgiving 2021 crash.
Defense attorneys said DePape was motivated by his political beliefs and caught up in conspiracy theories. Nancy Pelosi was not at the home at the time of the attack. Paul Pelosi suffered two wounds on his head, including a skull fracture that was mended with plates and screws he will have for the rest of his life. His right arm and hand were also injured.
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