The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, has a long legal history, most recently dredged up by the "compassionate" release Friday of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, a Libyan convicted of planning the attack. The uproar surrounding Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill's decision to release Megrahi has only intensified in recent days. The Am Law Daily spoke with four people entangled in the fallout of the Lockerbie legal battles to discuss the impact of Justice MacAskill's decision.
August 25, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 has a long legal history, most recently dredged up by the “compassionate” release Friday of a Libyan convicted of planning the attack who is reportedly terminally ill with cancer.
The uproar surrounding Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill’s decision to release Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to allow him to die in his native country has only intensified in recent days.
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