24-year- old Burson Augustin is one
of five men who are being convicted for plotting to blow up the Sears Tower.
The four other men are scheduled to be sentenced over the next three days,
according to BBC News.
Originally
prosecutors were sentencing Augustin to 30 years in prison but Joan Lenard, a
U.S. district judge, give him a lighter sentence, BBC News reported.
CBS reported, Augustin had also been
convicted for being a supporter of al-Qaeda.
"Islamic terrorism is one of the
most tremendous problems that this country now
CBS
reported, the ringleader of this plot, Narseal Bariste, could face up to 70
years in prison an others involved between 30 and 50 years.
The
Sears Tower has since been re-named to Willis Tower, BBC reported.
