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David DePape found guilty in second trial for hammer attack on Paul Pelosi

Youngish white man, scruffy beard, dark blond hair
David DePape in Berkeley, California, on 13 December 2013. Photograph: Michael Short/AP

The man who bludgeoned Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer at their San Francisco home was convicted on Friday of aggravated kidnapping, as part of a state trial that could put him behind bars for life.

The verdict marked the conclusion of a second trial for David DePape, who was previously found guilty in a federal trial over the 2022 attack. Last month, a judge sentenced DePape to 30 years in federal prison.

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