The U.S. and victims' families decried the possibility that Scotland could release the terminally ill Libyan convicted in the bombing that killed 259 aboard the New York-bound Pan Am airliner and 11 on the ground in Lockerbie. ReutersLockerbie Families, U.S. Protest Possible Release -- Wall Street Journal
Scotland Considers Letting Go Libyan Agent Convicted in 1988 Pan Am Bombing Because of His Advanced Cancer.
The possibility that Scotland could release the terminally ill Libyan agent convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was denounced by both victims' families and the U.S. government.
The uproar stems from the fact that the convicted bomber, Abdel Baset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, has prostate cancer and is seeking to be released. Mr. al-Megrahi was sentenced in 2001 to a minimum of 27 years in prison for his involvement in blowing up a New York-bound Pan Am airliner as it flew over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground. Many on the December 1988 flight were American citizens traveling home for the holidays.
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Update: US and British relatives split by prospect of Lockerbie bomber release -- Times Online
My Comment: British justice .... what sad a joke. This tells me that if the Brits capture Osama Bin laden (or any other top Al Qaeda leader) in Afghanistan, and try him in a U.K. court .... they may sentence him to life but if he gets a fatal disease, they will release him based on "compassionate grounds".