A man who was previously sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer has now been given a life term without the possibility of parole following a separate state trial. The San Francisco jury found the man guilty of charges including aggravated kidnapping, first-degree burglary, and false imprisonment of an elder.
The judge rejected defense attorneys' arguments for a new state trial and sentenced the man to life for the kidnapping conviction. The judge emphasized that the intention is for the man to never be paroled, stating, 'I don’t feel sympathy for you. I feel sympathy for the victim in this case, who’s lucky to be alive.'
