Scotland Considers Freeing Lockerbie Bomber Early (ap)

In this undated photo released by the British Crown Office, showing Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer, who was convicted in a Scottish court on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001, of murder in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and sentenced him to life in prison. News reports on Wednesday Aug. 12, 2009, state that Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi may be released on compassionate grounds, as he is terminally ill with cancer, and he may be released imminently, but the final decision lies with Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill. (AP Photo / CROWN OFFICE via PA )AP – Scottish officials said Thursday they were considering early release for the Lockerbie bomber ? leading to sharp debate among victims’ relatives in the U.S. and Britain over whether he should be allowed to return home to Libya.

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