State charges included kidnapping, first-degree burglary and false imprisonment of husband of Nancy Pelosi
The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband ofĀ Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in theirĀ California home was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole following a separate state trial.
AĀ San Francisco jury in June found David DePapeĀ guilty of chargesĀ including aggravated kidnapping, first-degree burglary and false imprisonment of an elder.
Before issuing the sentence, Judge Harry Dorfman dismissed arguments from DePapeās attorneys that he be granted a new trial for the 2022 attack against Paul Pelosi, who was 82 years old at the time.
āItās my intention that Mr DePape will never get out of prison, he can never be paroled,ā Dorfman said while handing out the punishment.
I dont want to armchair assess too much, but reading a statement that involves your psychic powers, assuming thatās real, the guy is not mentally fit.
I agree that the man is clearly off his rocker, but from a legal perspective, what matters is whether or not you understand that you have, in fact, killed a dude, and that this is in fact a bad thing. Having voices in your head telling you to do it is a completely separate issue. Again, this is my understanding as a layman, so any actual lawyers please feel free to tell me Iām full of shit.
Probably if he ever sought help. He was married at one point. Did it come up in the divorce? All these things can be a factor from my understanding.
You have to be completely divorced from reality and really have no idea what youāre doing. This guy is a kook but knew that hitting old people with hammers is bad.