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A man accused of disposing of one of the knives used in the fight that ended with the death of UConn football player Jasper Howard has applied for a special form of probation.
One of two men accused of wielding knives in a fight that left a University of Connecticut football player dead has agreed to plead guilty to assaulting a different person and serve more than two years in prison, his lawyer told The Associated Press.
A man who stabbed a University of Connecticut football player during a fight in which another player was killed was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison after apologizing for what he called "senseless violence."

A man who stabbed a University of Connecticut football player during a fight in which another player was killed was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison after apologizing for what he called "senseless violence."
The lawyer for a man accused of fatally stabbing University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard wants to take the case to trial this fall.
"I understand that there was a life lost due to this senseless violence," Muhammad said while apologizing before Judge Terence A. Sullivan, who called the plea deal fair.