Jonathan Turley Shocked by Sentence for Brett Kavanaugh’s Would-Be Assassin: ‘Off by About 22 Years’

George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley expressed shock on Monday over a federal judge’s “very light” sentence for the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, telling Fox News the judge was “off by about 22 years.”

Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced would-be assassin Sophie Roske, formerly known as Nicholas John Roske, to just eight years in prison on Friday, citing Roske’s transgender identity as part of the decision. The sentence was significantly less than the 30 years in prison prosecutors had sought for Roske, who was arrested in 2022 after planning to break into Kavanaugh’s house to assassinate him.

“It was quite a difference,” reacted Turley to the sentence on Fox News. “You know, the federal sentencing laws after a case called Booker are no longer binding on federal judges, but judges try to stay roughly in the same continent. This sentence seemed to come from a different planet. The minimum sentence recommended by the guidelines was 30 years. She was off by about 22 years, and the rationale that she used raised more concerns.”

He continued, “One can understand that this person did call the police, ultimately. Obviously has some mental issues. But this person also researched how killing a justice could change the outcome of cases and said that, you know, he was gonna shoot for three, but how killing one might flip the balance of the Supreme Court. This was a very premeditated act, so this is a very light sentence.”

Turley concluded, “And then her rationale that he might need treatment for his gender, you know, transformation or procedures, is really quite unique. Many of us were really scratching our heads. She was using that almost like it was a sentencing departure, and that’s the first time I’ve ever seen that.”

According to ABC News, Judge Boardman “pointed to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order that mandates transgender inmates must serve in a prison corresponding with the gender they were assigned at birth,” and said “Roske would likely be better served through a lengthy period of supervised release where she could receive effective mental health treatment.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi protested the “woefully insufficient sentence imposed by the district court,” and said the Department of Justice would appeal.

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