HTN: Convictions in Death of Diplomat from Buffalo

Five Sudanese men have been convicted in connection to the assassination of an American diplomat last year in Sudan. John Granville, who grew up in South Buffalo, was killed on January 1st, 2008 when assassins and shot him and his driver. Abdelbaset Alhaj Alhassan, Abdelraoof Hamza, Mohamed Makawi Ibrahim, and Osman Mohamed Yousif all face the death penalty. Hafev Murad Abdelrahman was convicted of a weapons charge and has been sentenced to two years in prison. The 33-year-old Granville was a former Peace Corps volunteer working as a diplomat with the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Lackawanna Six Member Released

Word from federal authorities that one of the Lackawanna Six has been released from prison and sent to a half-way house. Faysal Galab is now in Detroit, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, who say he will be released from the half-way house in October.