Published January 08, 2015
A New York City man has turned down a plea offer after his murder conviction was overturned in a stabbing he calls an assisted suicide.
Kenneth Minor's lawyer told a judge Tuesday that Minor was rejecting prosecutors' offer to plead guilty to manslaughter and accept a 14-year sentence. He's been serving 20 years to life in motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker's 2009 death.
Minor has said he would admit to a manslaughter charge that involves aiding a suicide. But his lawyer, Daniel Gotlin, said the 14-year sentence was too long. The maximum for that charge is 15 years.
Minor says Locker approached him for help staging what would look like a deadly robbery, so Locker's family could collect his life insurance. Investigators found evidence Locker planned his death.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/facing-retrial-man-rejects-plea-offer-in-ny-self-help-speaker-stabbing-he-calls-aided-suicide