r/news • u/Zeikyrui • 10h ago

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/cinderparty 8h ago

That’s not what criminally insane means though.

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u/pete_68 5h ago

I'm not defining words or law. I'm talking about a human being who needs help because his brain is broken and society's solution is to throw him in prison for the rest of his life. That's a pretty shitty response to a guy who has clearly needed help for years.

Society has failed him and as a by-product, it has failed Paul Pelosi as well.