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The man who was convicted in the 2022 attack on the husband of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday following his state trial.

DePape's early morning break-in at the Pelosi home almost exactly two years ago on October 28, 2022 -- just days before the 2022 midterm elections -- sent shockwaves through the United States and was attributed to the predictable effects of increasingly demonizing political rhetoric.

The attack on then-82-year-old Paul Pelosi was captured on police bodycam video after officers responded to his 911 call and found him struggling with DePape, who then bludgeoned Pelosi with a hammer.

The life sentence on state charges is on top of the 30-year sentence DePape received for his federal conviction.

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[–] spaghettiwestern 64 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Trump, speaking about Nancy Pelosi asked a crowd of supporters, “How’s her husband doing by the way?” and saying a “wall around her house” didn’t do a “good job” of protecting her 82-year-old husband from an intruder who fractured his skull with a hammer during a break-in last year—prompting laughter from the crowd.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When someone tells you they condone violence, believe them. Even if they lie all the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's an interesting thing to consider. If someone lies all the time, is it inconsistent to distrust the positive things they say but take the bad at face value?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's all about a values-based judgment. If the lies and the truths have the same value behind them, then yes, believe the truth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Does it match their prior behavior? Then it's likely to be true.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago

You heard it here first, walls don't do a good job of protection.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Guess a wall won't keep the immigrants out, by that logic.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but because these are state charges, a future president couldn't, say, pardon him and let him out whenever, right?

[–] spaghettiwestern 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Unless the supreme Court does something stupid

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Also if he's going to state prison, he's gonna have it worse than in federal

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

...life in prison without the possibility of parole...

Damn. They threw the library at him.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's 1.39 lives in Canadian.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Canadian system is a disgrace.I say this as a Canadian but you can murder someone and if you use a car as your weapon you're only getting a few years . You can even murder and cannibalize a stranger in front of dozens, and you'll be off Scot free with a promise you'll take your meds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you want even less punishment, just say you were drunk while driving.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

If you want none at all, wait for your victim to ride a bicycle, then claim they "came out of nowhere".