The man convicted of attempting to hold former Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer apologized for his crime at an unusual resentencing. But U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley gave David DePape the same 30 year sentence she had given him earlier this month.
SAN FRANCISCO — The man convicted of attempting to hold former Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer two years ago apologized in federal court Tuesday, but still received 30 years in prison at an unusual resentencing hearing that resulted from judicial error.David DePape to 20 years for attempting to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and 30 years for the October 2022 assault on Paul Pelosi , the maximum for both counts. The sentences would run simultaneously.at that sentencing.
“I’m sorry for what I did,” he said, adding that he felt horrible and never meant to hurt Pelosi and that he should have left the house when he realized the former speaker was not there.Man gets 30 years in prison for attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammerDePape said that looking back on that time in his life, he was not doing well. Since then, he said, he has reconnected with his mother and other family members, which is helping him to move forward.
“Given Mr. DePape’s neurodiversity and mental-health issues ... preparing him for any resentencing hearing requires significant time, which necessarily takes away from time to prepare for his state trial,” they wrote. Ahead of sentencing, one of DePape’s attorneys, Angela Chuang, told the judge to consider the prison terms being given to those who participated in the
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