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   From: always@democrats.org   
      
   WASHINGTON — A woman who pleaded guilty to attempting to assassinate   
   Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh three years ago was sentenced   
   Friday to more than eight years in prison.   
      
   Sophie Roske, now 29, was arrested near Kavanaugh’s home in June 2022   
   and told officials at the time that she intended to kill the associate   
   justice, then herself.   
      
   She appeared in court on Friday for her sentencing in a yellow jail   
   jumpsuit. Members of Kavanaugh’s family as well as Roske’s were at the   
   sentencing.   
      
   U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced Roske to 97 months in   
   prison — eight years and one month — saying that she felt Roske has   
   shown remorse for her actions. She also ordered Roske, whom she referred   
   to as a transgender woman, to a lifetime of supervised release.   
      
   “She has taken full responsibility for her actions,” Boardman said   
   before handing down the sentence.   
      
   In a federal filing last month, Roske’s attorneys referred to her as   
   Sophie Roske, though the case is still captioned by her legal name   
   because she did not ask to recaption the case, her attorneys said.   
      
   In court on Friday, Coreen Mao, the attorney representing the Department   
   of Justice, argued that the crime was premeditated because Roske had   
   bought weapons on nine different occasions and made Google searches   
   about serial killers and mass shootings. The government requested a   
   30-year sentence.   
      
   Mao said that if it were not for the presence of law enforcement by   
   Kavanaugh’s home, Roske, who was 26 at the time, would have gone through   
   with the assassination.   
      
   “The primary mission was assassination, not suicide,” Mao said.   
      
   A public defender for Roske, Ellie Marranzini, said her client wanted to   
   kill Kavanaugh then herself, but changed her mind while in the taxi on   
   her way to his house, adding that there is no evidence she saw the U.S.   
   marshals stationed nearby. Roske’s attorneys said the government is   
   minimizing the fact that she stopped and turned herself in by calling   
   911.   
      
   Roske’s parents addressed the court on Friday, vouching for their child.   
   Her father, Vernon Roske, said he believes his child “can be a positive   
   and productive member of the community.”   
      
   “Sophie has never hurt anyone,” Colleen Roske said. “It was completely   
   out of character.”   
      
   Sophie Roske also addressed the court to apologize to Kavanaugh and   
   express regret for her actions. She said she planned to kill herself   
   after abandoning her original plan to kill Kavanaugh, but received a   
   phone call from her sister that gave her “a renewed sense of hope.”   
      
   Kavanaugh’s wife and mother were also in the courtroom, as were   
   representatives of the Supreme Court police department, according to a   
   Supreme Court spokesperson.   
      
   Right before handing down her sentence, Boardman acknowledged the harm   
   done to Kavanaugh and his family.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-sentenced-8-years-attempting-a   
   ssassinate-brett-kavanaugh-rcna235410   
      
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