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The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was sentenced to six
months in jail for stabbing a Southern California neighbor with a hunting
knife during an argument over trash cans, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Adam Abdul-Jabbar, 29, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to
three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of carrying a
dirk or dagger, with sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury, according to the Orange County district attorney's office.
Abdul-Jabbar accepted a plea deal from an Orange County judge. The
sentence was stayed until Jan. 7 so that Abdul-Jabbar can apply for home confinement instead of incarceration, the DA's office said.
Abdul-Jabbar and his San Clemente neighbor share a driveway. Abdul-Jabbar stabbed the 60-year-old neighbor several times on June 9 of last year
after the man confronted him about failing to take in trash cans for Abdul-Jabbar�s elderly roommate, prosecutors said.
The 60-year-old, was stabbed in the back of the head, suffering a
fractured skull and nearly died of blood loss after collapsing outside of
the emergency room, prosecutors said. �This slap on the wrist is an
absolute miscarriage of justice,�
District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement after the sentencing.
�This man nearly bled to death in front of the emergency room doors after
being stabbed so violently over and over that his skull was fractured."
�We believe the complete disregard for human life over a dispute over
trashcans is so egregious it warranted prison time," Spitzer said.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation- world/national/article255721496.html
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