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EDINBURGH, Scotland -- Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be shown to the man responsible for the deaths of 270
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Pic by Lorenzo Dalberto/Deadline Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill revealed that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who has terminal prostate cancer, would be allowed to return to his homeland. Pic shows Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill during a press conference where he announced the release of the lockerbie bomber.
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Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said Abdel Baset al-Megrahi's condition had deteriorated from prostate cancer. Al-Megrahi had only served some eight years of a life sentence, but MacAskill said he was bound by Scottish values to release him.
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EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — Scotland's government freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be shown to the man responsible for the
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New York Newsday
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LOCKERBIE bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi is to be released from jail on compassionate grounds, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced today.
Megrahi had been found guilty of the murder of 259 people onboard and 11 people on the
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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/breaking-news/2009/08/20/lockerbie-bomber-abdelbaset-al-megrahi-released-from-jail-86908-21610930/
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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi is to learn whether he will be released to return to Libya.
Scottish justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill is expected to announce Megrahi's release on compassionate grounds.
The decision to free the
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Lancashire Evening Post
http://www.lep.co.uk/latest-national-news/Lockerbie-bomber-set-to-learn.5571136.jp
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Apologies for the length of this note but it's been a very busy news day folks and lots of news happening tomorrow as well.
IRAQI VIOLENCE-On the eve of Afghanistan’s election tomorrow(local time), a painful reminder that the situation in the Iraqi
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LONDON The Scottish government said Wednesday that a final decision had been made on whether to release the Libyan prisoner convicted in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the town of Lockerbie in December 1988, and there were strong signs that the
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/world/europe/20lockerbie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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A major own goal here by MacAskill and Salmond.
270 killed and the convicted terrorist is released on "compassionate grounds"?
What kind of message does this send out to other potential terrorists?
No doubt we will see the bomber getting paraded from
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The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/6985/MacAskill-to-show-mercy-to.5570818.jp
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Should the only person to be held legally responsible for the 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103 and the deaths of
270 people be allowed to die in his native Libya?
This is the question before Scotland's justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill,
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Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0819/p02s21-usfp.html
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He (Salmond) insisted no decision had been made.
Mr Salmond said: "I can also say that a final decision has not been taken by the justice secretary – he only received his final advice at the weekend.
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A decision on whether the Lockerbie bomber will be handed over to Libyan authorities will be made in the next few weeks, Scottish government officials said Wednesday.
They spoke after Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi met in private with Scottish justice
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Miami Herald
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Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a former Libyan secret service agent, is serving a life sentence for his part in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over the Scottish town, killing 270 people, most of them American. Megrahi, 57, has
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London - This week, Britain came within a whisker of releasing on "compassionate" grounds an ailing Libyan intelligence agent who was
convicted for planting the bomb that killed 270 people on Pam Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
The
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Megrahi's legal team applied last week to drop his second appeal
Judges have accepted an application by the Lockerbie bomber to drop his second appeal against conviction.
The permission
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What a surprise. Another day, another overtly negative article from Labour's favourite journalist, Mr David Maddox. Are they funding posts at the Scotsman these days?
The decision will be subject to a quasi-judicial process and it has important
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The Scotsman
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/opinion/David-Maddox-Megrahi-exposes-SNP.5562187.jp
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"Shipping back posessions"?
Perhaps he is preparing to die. Guilty or innocent - innocent or guilty, the man is dying.
I would have thought that any reasonable mind would have taken that little scenario into the equation before puting pen to paper and
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The Scottish government appears to have buckled under pressure from the Obama
Administration and abandoned its plans to release the Lockerbie bomber this
week.
Senior sources said that there was “no chance” of Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi
being sent
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Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6798447.ece
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Megrahi is the only person to be convicted over the bombing
There are growing calls for Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to make an urgent statement to Parliament on the future of the Lockerbie bomber.
It follows reports that terminally ill Abdelbaset
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MINISTERS have drafted secret plans to free the Lockerbie bomber early on Wednesday morning.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill is still deciding if he will grant Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi's application for release.
But a plane has been put on stand-by
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The Sunday Mail
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/08/16/lockerbie-bomber-could-be-freed-from-prison-as-early-as-wednesday-78057-21600480/
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The Scottish justice secretary must consider quitting if he does not come up with satisfactory answers over the handling of the Lockerbie bomber, a leading QC said.
Kenny MacAskill has come under fire over his handling of the decision whether to free
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The post of justice minister in most administrations in the world is one of
the most thankless tasks a politician can take on. But normallly the worst
that can happen is that you are blamed for most of the social ills visited
on your country.
This
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December 1988. The attack killed 270 people - most of them Americans. Al-Megrahi is terminally ill with cancer. Sky and BBC said al-Megrahi would be released imminently, but the final decision lies with Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill.MacAskill told Scottish Television Wednesday evening that no decision has yet been made and that a number of options are under consideration. ... Lockerbie bomber to be released Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi pan am 103 1988 terrorist Libyan secret service ...
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A decision on whether the Lockerbie bomber will be handed over to Libyan authorities will be made in the next few weeks, Scottish government officials said Wednesday.
They spoke after Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi met in private with Scottish justice
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The Church of Scotland has intervened in the case of the Lockerbie bomber, urging the government to free the man convicted of the worst terrorist atrocity in British history.
The Kirk claims it is unchristian to keep Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, who
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The investigating officers who led the original inquiry into the Lockerbie bombing have made an unprecedented intervention in the case to argue against the release of the Libyan convicted of the attack.
In a letter to the Justice Secretary, Kenny
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CRITICISED: Kenny MacAskill on his way to meet the Lockerbie bomber, a move which angered some opposition MSPs
Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill met the Lockerbie bomber in prison yesterday as he considered a request for him to be transferred
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The prospect of the Lockerbie bomber being returned to Libya on compassionate grounds moved closer yesterday when it emerged that the Scottish government was seeking independent medical advice on his condition.
Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi, who is
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rubbish as its the Government & politicians who are the main obstacle to wrongful convictions & injustice in general being cleared up, with innocent victims taking years to eventually clear their names, and be properly compensated for the injustice caused by the Scots justice system to them. How MacAskill can claim the law in Scotland clears up its mistakes is very far from reality as those who fall victim to it can attest. ... Justice Injustice "law Scotland" "Kenny MacAskill" "Scottish ...
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Justice Minister MacAskill gives pub managers two months leeway to get personal licence
Pub managers in Scotland left waiting for personal licences once the new Licensing Act comes into force have been given permission to carry on trading.
Trade
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PUBS are being allowed to dodge tough new licensing laws because of a backlog of applications.
Fears that some managers would not get their new personal licenses through by the September 1 deadline have forced Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to waive
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Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill launches new knife campaign in Inverclyde. ... "Scottish Government" "No knives better lives"
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Labour has accused the Scottish Government of being "out of touch" when it comes to tackling some crimes, saying almost three quarters of the public think community service is a soft option.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill wants to replace short-term
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Brian
For a blog in aestivation, surely this is pushing the boat out?
IT got away from me. It should have ended - Cui bono?
So what, Brian, are you saying here? Is MacAskill in a no win situation? It certainly looks like you are saying this. So who is
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Kenny MacAskill talks to Glenn Campbell about the Calman Report - to be published soon - and its previewed recommendations. The theft of Scotland's oil by Westminster and a certain £500m cut get in on the act, and Kenny recalls Jim Sillars' observation that Scotland was the only country that got poorer after discovering oil on its doorstep. I watch that part of 'Diomhair' all over again, and get angry all over again. We wuz robbed!
Kenny MacAskill, Justice Secretary for Scotland, answers questions from Glenn Campbell on Scotland's prisons, together with Bill Aitken for the Tories and Richard Baker for Labour. The exchanges are vigorous - Kenny MacAskill draws on his broad experience, including as a senior partner of a law firm, Bill Aitken is equally knowlegeable, with many years experience as a district judge to draw on, and Richard Baker draws on - what? Only New Labour can tell us. Draw your own conclusions from the ...
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I note the marked even-handedness of this article in contrast to many previous ones which were just as markedly anti-SNP/pro Labour.
Although this is merely a reflection of the legal requirment on reporters not to favour one party over another in the
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The Justice Minister of Scotland, interviewed by Glenn Campbell on the BBC's 'Politics Show', defends the police and the prison service against Iain Gray's attacks on them over absconders from open prisons. Gray, together with his hang 'em, flog 'em, lock 'em up forever Tory supporter Annabel Goldie, has been muttering about votes of no confidence in MacAskill, but equivocates when asked if he will move such a vote at Holyrood. Why? Because Labour is in meltdown, in Scotland, and in the UK ...
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ON PATROL: Kenny MacAskill speaks to transport marshals in Aberdeen. Kenny Elrick
JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill took to the streets of Aberdeen last night to see for himself the type of situations police officers in the city have to deal with every
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JUSTICE secretary Kenny MacAskill's political career was "hanging by a thread" last night after another prisoner absconded from Castle Huntly open prison.
The news that convicted killer John Brown had failed to return from home leave broke hours after
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