A rural New York DA prepares to try Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker

A rural New York DA prepares to try Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker

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The Scene CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. – Early next year, Jason Schmidt, the district attorney of this quiet lakefront county in New York, will prosecute the man who allegedly tried to assassinate the British-American novelist, Salman Rushdie, last August. It’s a case, Schmidt says, that’s unsettled his local…

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