Judge Deborah Boardman has been criticized by conservatives for sentencing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s attempted assassin to just eight years in prison.
The federal judge who sentenced the defendant found guilty of attempting to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is being criticized by conservatives on social media for the length of the sentence and for concerns over Nicholas Roske, who goes by Sophie, identifying as transgender.
Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, sentenced Roske to eight years in prison on Friday for attempting to assassinate Kavanaugh in June 2022, in the weeks before the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision.
The sentence is far lower than what the Department of Justice (DOJ) had sought. Prosecutors said Roske should face at least 30 years, while Roske’s defense team had asked for eight.
Boardman said during the sentencing hearing that while Roske’s actions were «reprehensible», she also considered a string of mitigating factors, including that Roske «spontaneously confessed to and cooperated with police.
