GREENBELT, Md. — A California resident who attempted to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home was sentenced Friday to over eight years in prison by a federal judge, who imposed a punishment that is significantly more lenient than the Justice Department's recommendation.

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A California resident who attempted to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home has been sentenced to over eight years in prison

Sophie Roske, a transgender woman charged under her legal name, Nicholas Roske, had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison when U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced her Friday to eight years and one month behind bars followed by a lifetime of court supervision

Roske had a pistol, a knif

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