Nancy Pelosi's letter to court as husband's hammer attacker David DePape is sentenced

Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul have described the impact of a brutal hammer attack that left the former House Speaker's spouse with a fractured skull in letters to a judge begging for his assailant to be jailed. Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul have described the impact of a brutal hammer attack that left the former House Speaker's spouse with a fractured skull in letters to a judge begging for his assailant to be jailed In her letter, Nancy Pelosi requested a 'very long punishment' for the savage attack which has left her husband permanently injured The sickening attack was caught on surveillance footage which Paul Pelosi has not been able to view due to the trauma David DePape, a former nudist from Canada, was convicted of the attack in November and faces up to 50 years in jail 'Awakened by a large violent man holding a hammer and zip ties, I tried to calm him and save my own life.' Pictured: Pelosi wearing a hat and glove two months after the assault Paul Pelosi described how he has been left struggling with basic tasks such as buttoning shirts and using cutlery due to agonizing nerve damage sustained during the attack Defense attorneys argued that DePape was caught up in conspiracies and was motivated by his political beliefs, not because he wanted to interfere with Nancy Pelosi's official duties as a member of Congress. Finding only her then-82-year-old husband at home, DePape engaged in what he told officers was a 'pretty amicable' exchange, during which Paul Pelosi, pictured, managed to call for help from law enforcement Defense attorney Angela Chuang delivered closing arguments on Wednesday Court records of DePape's purchases from Amazon in the months before the attacks revealed a list of items he reportedly took with him to the crime scene.