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Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

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A jury found Hadi Matar , 27 , guilty of attempted murder and assault in February .

District attorney says he will request maximum 25 years in prison for attack on Rushdie .

Matar next faces a federal trial on terrorism-related charges.

Authorities say Matar was attempting to carry out a decades-old fatwa calling for Rushdie 's death.