Hadi Matar, convicted for stabbing author Salman Rushdie in 2022, faces up to 25 years in prison.

Hadi Matar, 27, is scheduled to be sentenced for stabbing author Salman Rushdie in 2022. Found guilty of attempted murder and assault, Matar faces up to 25 years in prison. Rushdie, 77, was left blind in one eye and spent weeks in the hospital and rehabilitation. Matar is also facing a federal trial for terrorism charges, with authorities claiming he was attempting to execute a 1989 fatwa calling for Rushdie's death over his novel "The Satanic Verses." Rushdie will not attend the sentencing.