Washington is deeply concerned over the release this week of a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection with the killing of a U.S. diplomat in 2008, the State Department said on Wednesday.
The money received by Granville's family from the Sudanese government was interpreted by a majority of the court as a release of their right to retribution and the acceptance of blood money, said a Sudanese legal source related to the case.
"In no way did say that that money was going to release any of these men that killed John," Jane Granville said. "I never would've accepted it if that was part of it."Price said the U.S. government is deeply troubled by a lack of transparency in the legal process that resulted in his release.Since an October 2021 coup, Islamistsin government institutions including the judiciary. Abuzeid's father is a prominent Islamist leader.
Abuzeid remains listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States, and a reward was being offered for two others convicted of the killing that had previously escaped, Price said. Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis, Kanishka Singh, Nafisa Eltahir, and Khalid Abdelaziz; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Daniel Wallis
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