8-year sentence for plot to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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Sophie Roske, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to attempting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, was sentenced to eight years and one month in jail Friday, in Greenbelt, Maryland. In April, she pleaded guilty to attempting to kill or kidnap a Supreme Court justice. In court, Roske briefly spoke, apologizing to Justice Kavanaugh. Roske then told the operator of coming from California to kill a "specific United States Supreme Court justice," according to a court filing. The Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority.