"A San Francisco jury in June found David DePape guilty of charges including aggravated kidnapping, first-degree burglary and false imprisonment of an elder... it's my intention that Mr. DePape will never get out of prison, he can never be paroled," Judge Dorfman stated.
"I'm a psychic," DePape told the court, reading from sheets of paper. "The more I meditate, the more psychic I get." His remarks during the trial reflected his mental state, which his defense attempted to attribute to susceptibility to online propaganda.
In a letter read in court by the victim's daughter, Christine Pelosi, Paul Pelosi called for the maximum sentence, saying the attack left him with bumps on his head, a metal plate in it, dizziness and nerve damage in his left hand.
Defense attorney Adam Lipson asked the judge to consider DePape's mental health and isolation, stating, "This is a man who has always been a peaceful, law-abiding person up until his activation."
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