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The monster from New Jersey who stabbed author Salman Rushdie has received a sentence of 25 years, which isn't enough:

The 27-year-old New Jersey man who was convicted in February of stabbing and partially blinding famed novelist Salman Rushdie was hit with the maximum sentence of 25 years in prison on Friday.

Hadi Matar was convicted of second-degree attempted murder for the August 2022 stabbing attack that also injured the event’s moderator, Henry Reese, the co-founder of Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum, which helps exiled writers, Reuters reported. Rushdie — who sparked the ire of the Iranian regime with his 1988 novel, “The Satanic Verses” — was stabbed by Matar between 10 and 15 times in the head, neck, torso, and left hand at a New York arts institute. After the book was published, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for Rushdie’s assassination.

Video captured Matar rushing the stage where Rushdie spoke during a writers’ event focused on protecting exiled writers. During the trial, a trauma surgeon testified that without immediate medical intervention, Rushdie would have died, ABC News reported. The jury took just two hours to reach a verdict. Matar was also sentenced to seven years for second-degree assault in the stabbing of Reese, but that sentence will run concurrently with the longer one.

Before the trial began in Chautauqua County Court, Matar rejected a plea deal. Shortly after the jury reached its verdict, his defense attorney, Nathaniel Barone, said Matar plans to appeal the conviction. Matar has also been charged by the federal government with an act of terrorism. He will face those charges at a separate trial in Buffalo, according to Reuters.

We can only hope this'll lead to an extended prison sentence for the jihadist. Of course, it's also angering that the staff at the institution where Rushdie was speaking didn't enforce security properly, or this whole terrible incident might've been prevented. Rushdie is lucky to have survived, and this case must serve as a vital lesson why security is needed for these kind of meetings, no matter the cost of employment.

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