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Paul Pelosi attacker could go away for 40 years — on enhanced charges of terrorism
Legal NewsStill are when it comes up.
MAGAs support domestic terrorism. I'm not surprised.
Trying to act nonchalant because either they drove him to it via their toxic misinformation or hired him
This was fucking ridiculous
I think it's mostly that they are susceptible to conspiracy theories. But it seems you are too. They didn't hire him. Come on.
they likely did not know he was an undocumented immigrant
David DePape is facing a possible 40-year sentence for his 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
In a sentencing memo filed Friday and reviewed by Business Insider, prosecutors requested a terrorism enhancement be added to DePape's sentence.
DePape still faces additional charges related to the attack, including attempted murder, that carry a potential sentence of 13 years to life in prison. He has pleaded not guilty.
Background
Paul Pelosi suffered two skull fractures that required surgery to fix after DePape struck him in the head with a hammer in October 2022.
The attack occurred after DePape broke into Pelosi's San Francisco home, seeking to kidnap then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and break her kneecaps to teach her that her "lies and corruption had a price," according to the memo.
DePape was found guilty of the attack in November after about eight hours of jury deliberation. His sentencing is set for May 17.
Terrorism Enhancement Charge
"The nature and circumstances of the offense warrant statutory maximums on each count," prosecutors argued in the sentencing memo. "The core of both crimes — the attempted kidnapping of a public official and the assault on the family member of a public official — is violence aimed at punishing the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. Both crimes are an assault on our democracy and fundamental values."
While it is unclear exactly how often a terrorism enhancement is added to criminal cases, research published by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism indicates prosecutors are about four times more likely to pursue the enhancement in international cases than they are in cases involving domestic extremists. Of the more than 1,200 people who have been charged in connection with the January 6 attack on the Capitol, only a handful had a terrorism enhancement applied to their case, the research notes.
DePape is clearly not in touch with reality
(CNN)The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed "out of touch with reality."
David DePape, 42, was identified by police Friday as the suspect in the assault on Paul Pelosi at the speaker's San Francisco home.
Three of DePape's relatives told CNN that DePape has been estranged from his family for years, and confirmed that the Facebook account -- which was taken down by the social media company on Friday -- belonged to him.
conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
Where would he have gotten crazy ideas like those?
The article makes it pretty clear. Pillow Guy, Qanon ...
So an average 2024 Republican. That’s no excuse.
Oh, don't misunderstand. If he's just your average Qanut, throw his ass in with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers...
Common suburban Republican.
He is a Canadian that overstayed his visa but that’s doesn’t get talked about a lot. Seems like the border security folks would want to hand a lampshade on that but they don’t for some odd reason…
Anything other than European heritage and you would have heard about it.
The longest unprotected border in the world, with 90% of the country's population massed along it, ready to strike.
South Park tried to warn us but in our hubris we didn’t listen. All hail our invading maple syrup overlords
Heh, Canadian Bacon got there before South Park, which is what I was paraphrasing.
Much of their maple wealth was stolen, much like Ft. Knox.
Build the wall!
Eh. I would've used him as an example of what the real illegal immigration problem is.
Good. Make an example out of him lest others do likewise.
Unless his judge thinks that we should be spending more time prosecuting antifa .
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One judge freed some Nazi with that reasoning
Judicial "whataboutism".
When they commit crimes, yes.
Maybe add DJT as accessory? 20 years?
How was Trump in any meaningful way legally an accessory to this?
It’s an interesting question.
If people deliberately misinform people and that misinformation leads to harm to the misinformed people or the misinformed people cause harm based on the misinformation, do those who deliberately misinformed in the first place have any liability?
In advertising, they would.
If you sell snake oil and everybody dies from the snake oil, you go to jail. If you run a Ponzi scheme, and everybody you lie to goes broke, you go to jail.
If you are Donald Trump, your lies kill half a million people, several hundred people are assaulted or murdered because of your lies. You get... Reelected? Qualified immunity?
Makes me sick to see.
I'm fairly certain to be charged as an accessory to a crime you have to have direct knowledge/ involvement of it. Trump is horrible but he's definitely not an accessory in this case
Oh. Sorry. Didn’t catch that the specific crime in question was being an accessory.
Was thinking about liability more generally.
It’s an interesting question.
If people deliberately misinform people and that misinformation leads to harm to the misinformed people or the misinformed people cause harm based on the misinformation, do those who deliberately misinformed in the first place have any liability?
In advertising, they would.
And what happens to Nancy for all the insider trading?
Probably the same consequences for the $2 Billion the diaper don's family got from the Saudis despite have no experience, education, and literally being rated as unqualified by their own sovereign wealth fund: nothing.
Come talk to us after Nancy tries to kill somebody in their own home with a hammer. Or starts making speeches encouraging people to kill her political enemies.
I bet you think the woman who was killed by police officers while trying to break down the door into Congress is a hero.
The same as all the other congresspeople doing it.
what does happen? was it illegal? if it was she should be charged and face a trial before a jury of her peers and if found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt punished as appropriate.
all created equal, even the elder gay people and (gasp) the transgender folks. none above the law.
see how it should work?
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I’ll never forgot how awful team orange supporters were about this attack.