US prosecutors sought a 30 year jail sentence over a plan to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Photo: AP PHOTO

A California resident who admitted trying to assassinate US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 has been sentenced to eight years and one month in federal prison.

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Sophie Roske, who was charged under her birth name Nicholas Roske but now uses female pronouns, was sentenced at a hearing before US District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The judge called Roske's crime "absolutely reprehensible" but said she showed sincere remorse, has no other crim

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