DA in Rushdie attempted murder case explains how fatwa ties to effort to shield witness names from defendant
Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt says published reports about statements made by the Iranian government regarding the religious decree issued by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for Rushdie's death provide a basis for concluding Hadi Matar poses a potential threat to witnesses in the case.
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A jury took about two hours to find Salman Rushdie's attacker guilty of all three terrorism counts he faced. Hadi Matar could spend the rest of his life in prison.
