Judge Harry Dorfman sentenced the man convicted of assaulting Democratic California Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband to life imprisonment with no chance of parole Tuesday.
David DePape, the convicted assailant, was convicted of aggravated kidnapping, burglary in the first degree and falsely imprisoning an elder, among other charges, by a jury in June, The Associated Press (AP) reported. DePape was sentenced for attacking then-82-year-old Paul Pelosi, the husband of the former House Speaker, with a hammer at their residence in 2022.
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“It’s my intention that Mr. DePape will never get out of prison, he can never be paroled,” Dorfman said during sentencing, according to the AP. In doing so, the judge dismissed the defense’s argument that DePape ought to receive a new trial. Adam Lipson, one of DePape’s attorneys, requested that the judge consider that DePape’s alleged fragile mental status and isolation made him a target for propaganda on the internet. (RELATED: DOJ Recommends 40-Year Sentence For Man Who Attacked Nancy Pelosi’s Husband)
“This is a man who has always been a peaceful, law-abiding person up until his activation,” Lipson said.
DePape spoke to the court prior to his sentencing and claimed that 9/11 was an inside job, that his ex-wife was replaced by a doppelganger and that his public defense attorneys plotted against him, the AP reported. “I’m a psychic,” he said. “The more I meditate, the more psychic I get.”
This is the second time DePape was sentenced over the assault. The first time occurred in May when a federal court ruled that DePape must serve 30 years in prison. Dorfman has presided over the state trial and his ruling will be meted out concurrently with the federal sentence, according to the AP. DePape’s attorneys claimed the two trials run in federal and state courts represented double jeopardy because the different criminal charges stemmed from the same action.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
