Man Charged With Stabbing Salman Rushdie Rejects Plea Deal
Hadi Matar, the man charged in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie two years ago, rejected a plea deal that would have shortened his sentence in a state prison on Tuesday. Matar’s lawyer, Nathaniel Barone, said he did not like part of the deal that would have opened him up to a federal terrorism charge, according to The Associated Press.