The man who broke into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home had already been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his federal conviction.
A California judge on Tuesday sentenced David DePape, the man who broke into the home of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, and attacked her husband with a hammer, to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.
DePape, 44, had previously been sentenced to 30 years in prison for federal crimes connected to the Oct. 28, 2022, attack in the upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco.
A San Francisco jury in June found DePape guilty of aggravated kidnapping, first-degree burglary, false imprisonment, threats against an elected official or their family and preventing or dissuading a witness by force or threat.
“It’s my intention that Mr. DePape will never get out of prison, he can never be paroled,” San Francisco County Superior Court Judge Harry Dorfman said.
Defense lawyer Adam Lipson had pleaded for leniency, arguing that his client fell into a rabbit hole of conspiracies after having led a crime-free life.
“This is a man who has always been a peaceful, law-abiding person up until his activation,” Lipson said.
DePape took advantage of the opportunity to address the court to spout conspiracy theories and make statements such as “I’m a psychic. … The more I meditate, the more psychic I get.”
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said DePape is “now being held accountable” for acts that are a “danger to democracy.”