The federal Department of Justice is pushing a 40-year prison sentence for David DePape, the man convicted of attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The federal Department of Justice is pushing a 40-year prison sentence for David DePape, the man convicted of attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — seeking a “terrorism enhancement” to bump up the assailant’s time behind bars.
US attorneys, in a Friday filing, argued that the US District Court for the Northern District of California should override the 25-year jail term recommended by the federal Probation Office, even though DePape, 44, was not convicted of any terrorism charges.
