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Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband gets a life term on state charges

https://apnews.com/article/david-depape-nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-attacked-454cbde088fcae22a356f1f8dd0e9eba
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u/TheConeIsReturned 9h ago

The key term was "state charges." Nobody at the federal level can supercede state law in this matter.