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