Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape sentenced to life term on state charges

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Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape sentenced to life term on state charges

Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape gets sentenced to live in prison without parole on state charges

Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape gets sentenced to live in prison without parole on state charges

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The man who was convicted in the 2022 ******* 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 ******* States and was attributed to the predictable effects of increasingly demonizing political rhetoric.   

The ******* 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. 

Opening statements in the state trial began in late May, a day after DePape’s federal sentencing was reopened to allow him to speak after a procedural error during his original sentencing.   

Last June, a jury convicted David DePape of state charges for his home-invasion ******* on Paul Pelosi in the San Francisco home he shares with the former speaker.

DePape faced five counts in the state trial, including aggravated kidnapping resulting in bodily harm or ******, false imprisonment of an elder or dependent ******, threatening family of public officials, first degree residential burglary and preventing or dissuading a witness by force or threat.    

Before issuing the sentence, Judge Harry Dorfman dismissed arguments from DePape’s attorneys that he be granted a new trial, saying that he intended “that Mr. DePape will never get out of prison.”

When given a chance to address the court prior to his sentencing, DePape read from a lengthy statement that focused deeply on various government *********** theories. DePape claimed that “911 was an inside job” in addition to being psychic and saying he believes his ex-partner was replaced by a body double.     

Christine Pelosi read a statement from her father Paul Pelosi. The letter opened by saying “the last peaceful sleep I had was Oct. 28, 2022,” before detailing the physical and psychological impacts of the *******.   

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

Dave Pehling

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and producer for KTVU.com in 2003. He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015.

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