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Scotland releases Lockerbie bomber on terms of *compassion*

GREENOCK, Scotland (CNN) -- The man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing Pan Am flight 103 out of the sky above the Scottish town of Lockerbie two decades ago was on his way home to Libya on Thursday after authorities set him free.

Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, 57, is suffering terminal prostate cancer and has three months to live. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill ordered al Megrahi's release on compassionate grounds, saying he will be "going home to die."

So they finally get this pathetic excuse for a human being to trial, and he serves all of eight years for the murder of 270 people. As HotAir points out, that's less than 12 days behind bars per victim.

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phillygal

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I'm a little confused. When I read that someone is 'going home to die' because he is suffering from terminal cancer, I expect to see pictures of the guy being wheeled to the airplane in a wheelchair, or having some kind of physical assistance because he is just soooo sick that he is allowed to be out of prison for murdering hundreds of people. Wow. I guess he's not quite bedriiden yet. Terminal cancer can take months or years, but nomatter what, I can't help but feel like this terrorist got the last laugh.

Re: phillygal

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Very good point. I think I read somewhere that he was given 3 months, but now that he's returning home as a natl hero (*puke*) it would be kind of disgusting if they were able to cure him or something. And I feel weird saying that because normally, curing cancer = yay! But in this case I'm just disgusted by the Scottish govt and their misguided notion of 'compassion'.