Lawyer for man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie says client doesn't want offered plea deal
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FILE - Hadi Matar, the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, arrives for an arraignment at the Chautauqua County Courthouse, Aug. 13, 2022, in Mayville, N.Y. Matar is not interested in an offered plea deal that would shorten his time in state prison but expose him to federal prison on a separate terrorism-related charge, his lawyer said Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)FILE - This still image from video shows Hadi Matar, of Fairview, N.J., at left, being escorted from the stage as people tend to author Salman Rushdie, center right, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2022. Matar, the man accused of repeatedly stabbing Rushdie, is not interested in an offered plea deal that would shorten his time in state prison but expose him to federal prison on a separate terrorism-related charge, his lawyer said Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - Hadi Matar, the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, arrives for an arraignment at the Chautauqua County Courthouse, Aug. 13, 2022, in Mayville, N.Y. Matar is not interested in an offered plea deal that would shorten his time in state prison but expose him to federal prison on a separate terrorism-related charge, his lawyer said Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
