Posted on 02/21/2025 6:03:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
A New Jersey man who stabbed renowned British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder and assault. Hadi Matar, 27, now faces a sentence of more than 30 years in prison.
The attack in August 2022 left Sir Salman with severe injuries including damage to his liver, vision loss in one eye and a paralysed hand caused by nerve damage to his arm. The jury's guilty verdict on Friday came after a two-week trial in Chautauqua County Court in western New York state, near the site of the attack. The jury also found Matar guilty of assault for wounding the interviewer, Henry Reese, who was on stage with the author. Mr Reese suffered a minor head injury during the attack.
Matar's sentencing date has been scheduled for 23 April. Sir Salman, 77, testified that he was on stage at the historic Chautauqua Institution when he saw a man rushing towards him.
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Going to sentence him to 90 days time served?
Only 2.5 years after the crime with about 500 witnesses.
How is that “justice?”
“Going to sentence him to 90 days time served?”
Could be. After all it is in New York.
Time served? Doesn’t this normally rate community service - suspended, so he should be compensated for the wrongful imprisonment?
This was as clear cut case as any ever.
No doubt about his guilt. Yet it took so long, I almost forgot about it.
Why do they need so long to prepare?
By now, the memories faded and bunch of witnesses may even be dead!
What about the right for SPEEDY trial!
They had to be careful not to bring up the subject of Iran while the Biden admin politburo was trying to make more deals to fund Iranian terrorism.
FYI, matar means "to kill" in Spanish.
I scrolled through a half dozen news stories. None of them say where the Bad Guy has been since the attempted murder.
He does face additional federal terrorism charges.
Adding minimum federal and state prison terms should get him close to Life without parole.
USA Super Max in Florence, Colorado, should be his new home for the next 50 years!
His Father is Lebanese.
Matar means "Bacon Brain" in Arabic.
Lock him up for 30 years.
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