So-called “Harlem Kevorkian” Kenneth Minor turned down a 14-year plea deal Tuesday for assisting in the 2009 murder-suicide of broke Long Island motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker.
The offer by Manhattan prosecutors was less than generous considering Minor would have to cop to manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years.
“I believe this is far in excess of anything that is appropriate or warranted in this case,” said defense lawyer Daniel Gotlin during a brief appearance Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
If the two sides don’t strike a deal, Minor will face another trial.
Locker hired Minor to stab him to death in his car in Harlem and make it look like a robbery gone awry so his family could collect on an $18 million insurance policy.
He was convicted of murder in April 2011 and sentenced to 20 years to life, but a higher court overturned the decision.
The 41-year-old drug abuser — later dubbed the “Harlem Kevorkian” — randomly met Locker on an uptown street.
The down-on-his-luck motivational speaker offered Minor the use of his ATM card in exchange for making his death look like a violent robbery.
Minor agreed and stabbed the father of three to death.
Locker, who’d co-authored a self help book and gave workshops on coping with stress, had fallen on hard times after investing in a $300 million Ponzi scheme.