Trans Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Given Lighter Sentence Because He Pretends to Be a Woman:
Nicholas “Sophie” Roske, the man who tried to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, received a lenient prison sentence Friday after telling a federal district court he was a woman.
Roske will serve eight years, rather than the 30 years prosecuting attorneys recommended during the trial in Greenbelt, Maryland, according to The New York Times.
In part, Judge Deborah Boardman based her ruling on Roske’s “identifying” as a woman, something his defense attorneys disclosed in September.
Roske revealed in court that, at the time of the crime, he was afraid to tell his parents about his true “gender identity,” The New York Times reported.
Convicted as a man, Roske would go to a male-only prison, in accordance with President Donald Trump’s January executive order.
But, Boardman said, this would interfere with Roske’s ongoing “gender transition care.”
Boardman said her main reason behind the light sentencing, however, was because Roske didn’t follow through with his plan to kill Kavanaugh.
Roske “had had a reality check and reconnected with her own humanity,” Ellie Marranzini, his federal public defender, said.
The pundit Richard Hanania posted to X on Saturday, “Plan to kill a Supreme Court justice, get off easy because you’re trans. This should probably be a Republican ad. Too many leftists are still completely out of their minds on this issue.” --->READ MORE HERE
Justice Kavanaugh's attempted assassin sentenced to 8 years in prison
DOJ prosecutors asked for 30 years, emphasizing that the court must send a 'very clear message' that violence is never justified
A federal judge sentenced Nicholas Roske, who now goes by Sophie, to eight years in prison on Friday for attempting to murder Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision.
The sentence is far lower than what the Department of Justice had sought. Prosecutors said Roske should face at least 30 years, while Roske's defense team had asked for eight.
Judge Deborah Boardman said during the sentencing hearing that while Roske's actions were "reprehensible," the judge also considered a string of mitigating factors, including that Roske "spontaneously confessed to and cooperated with police."
"I believe Ms. Roske understands that what she did was terribly wrong. I find her remorse sincere," Boardman said.
DOJ prosecutor Coreen Mao said the sentence "must send the very strong, very clear message that the ends never justify violent means."
Kavanaugh also received a death threat in April from someone who invoked Roske's name and referenced shooting the justice in the head, Mao said, stressing a need to deter such behavior. That revelation comes as judges say they have faced a rise in threats from people across the political spectrum in recent years.
During the hearing, Boardman referred to Roske as a transgender woman, and Roske's attorneys told the court recently that while their client's legal name is Nicholas, Roske goes by the name Sophie and uses female pronouns.
Boardman, a Biden appointee, said she factored into the sentence her concern about Trump's executive order requiring transgender inmates to be detained in prisons that correspond to their sex at birth.
Roske pleaded guilty in April to one charge of attempting to murder a Supreme Court justice, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. --->READ MORE HERE
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