A California resident who admitted making an attempt to assassinate US Supreme Courtroom Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to eight years and one month in federal jail. Sophie Roske, (beginning title Nicholas Roske) appeared earlier than US district choose Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland. Decide Boardman described Roske’s crime as “completely reprehensible” however famous that she had proven honest regret, has no prior felony historical past, and is unlikely to reoffend. Roske, 26 on the time of her arrest, pleaded responsible in April to tried assassination and had confronted the potential for life imprisonment. Prosecutors revealed that Roske had travelled from California carrying a handgun, ammunition, a crowbar, pepper spray, and different gadgets with the intent to commit homicide “for terroristic functions.” At Kavanaugh’s residence, she referred to as the police after seeing US Marshals exterior, telling the dispatcher she was suicidal and supposed to kill the justice, in response to court docket filings. Authorities mentioned Roske’s actions had been pushed by frustration over anticipated Supreme Courtroom rulings that might overturn the nationwide proper to abortion and roll again gun laws. On the sentencing listening to, Roske apologised to Kavanaugh and his household for “the appreciable misery” she triggered, including, “I’ve been portrayed as a monster, and this tragic mistake I made will comply with me for the remainder of my life.” Prosecutors had sought a jail time period of at the very least 30 years, emphasising that Roske had meticulously deliberate her assault for months and was decided to search out the addresses of 4 unidentified sitting Supreme Courtroom justices. “The defendant posed a really actual risk to our system of presidency, our structure,” Assistant US lawyer Coreen Mao mentioned. “No public official ought to reside in worry of being killed at any second for doing their job.” Roske’s attorneys had requested a sentence not exceeding 96 months, highlighting her cooperation with authorities and her choice to name 911 to give up. They argued, “Roske must be sentenced for what she did, not for what she thought of.”
