 26-year-old Hani Mattar has been jailed without bail since 2022, accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times and blinding him in one eye during a speaking appearance in western New York. Mattar's lawyer says his client is rejecting a plea deal that would have meant a guilty plea to attempted murder in exchange for a maximum state prison sentence of 20 years, down from 25. It would have also required Mattar to plead guilty to a federal terrorism charge, which could have meant an additional 20 years. Rushdie is on the witness list for Mattar's upcoming trial. Derek Dennis, ABC News, New York.