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. Abdelraouf Abuzeid was found guilty, along with others, in the killing of American John Granville and a Sudanese colleague, who both worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and were killed by gunmen in Khartoum. "I was horrified," Granville's mother, Jane Granville, told Reuters about hearing of Abuzeid's release. Abuzeid's brother told Reuters on Monday that his sibling was released by the country's high court based on a multi-million…

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. Abdelraouf Abuzeid was found guilty, along with others, in the killing of American John Granville and a Sudanese colleague, who both worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and were killed by gunmen in Khartoum. "I was horrified," Granville's mother, Jane Granville, told Reuters about hearing of Abuzeid's release. Abuzeid's brother told Reuters on Monday that his sibling was released by the country's high court based on a multi-million…