Journal # Lockerbie # 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been released from prison on compassionate grounds # 20.08.2009 20 UTC
Kay HagedornAugust 20, 2009
The man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been released from prison on compassionate grounds. Scotland's justice minister made the move after doctors said Libyan national Abdel Basset al-Megrahi had terminal cancer and only months to live. Megrahi was sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for the bombing of a US airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. The attack killed 270 people. US President Barack Obama has called Megrahi's release... a mistake.