the Lockerbie bomber........

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pamsback

August 20, 2009, 10:05:43 PM
I wonder what everybody thinks about him bein allowed to "go home to die" instead of havin to serve out his sentence.

Varmit

#1
August 21, 2009, 07:00:00 AM
The short answer...its a crock >:( He should have been left in prison to rot!!!
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flo

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August 21, 2009, 07:56:31 AM
I'm afraid that by releasing him to go home a can of worms has been opened that they will never be able to put the lid back on. 
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Anmar

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August 21, 2009, 08:26:33 AM
Guess i'll play the devil's advocate.  He was tried and imprisoned in Scotland, where the victims of his crime live.  I think it's up to the families of the people who died and the people of Scotland to decide his fate.  If they have made the choice to let him go out of religous or cultural beliefs, that is their right.
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Mom70x7

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August 21, 2009, 08:48:15 AM
Scotland also has a "compassionate" prison release program. I didn't pay attention to all the details, but one of them is a person is released when they have less than 3 months to live.

I don't object to the program - I think it's a viable option the United States should sometimes use.

I do disagree with the "hero" welcome he received.

W. Gray

#6
August 21, 2009, 08:57:19 AM
I think the reason he was tried in Scotland was that was where the bomb went off.

There were 180 Americans on board the American plane and the bomb was the deadliest terror attack on Americans until 9-11.
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Anmar

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August 21, 2009, 09:03:07 AM
I'm not sure what kind of welcome he got, i honestly haven't been following the story closely.  The only AP article i read said that the Libyan government had taken steps to tone down the reception.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_re_af/ml_lockerbie
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pamsback

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August 21, 2009, 01:42:31 PM
Quote from: Anmar on August 21, 2009, 09:03:07 AM
I'm not sure what kind of welcome he got, i honestly haven't been following the story closely.  The only AP article i read said that the Libyan government had taken steps to tone down the reception.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_re_af/ml_lockerbie

I watched it on the news....there was a crowd....... cheering and slappin him on the back and wavin flags.

As for the compassionate release program....on the one hand I see the point....on the other hand he showed no compassion to the people he killed who didn't get to spend THEIR last moments with THEIR loved ones.....ain't like it was an ACCIDENT......it was cold-blooded premeditated murder........

srkruzich

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August 21, 2009, 02:09:14 PM
Quote from: Anmar on August 21, 2009, 08:26:33 AM
Guess i'll play the devil's advocate.  He was tried and imprisoned in Scotland, where the victims of his crime live.  I think it's up to the families of the people who died and the people of Scotland to decide his fate.  If they have made the choice to let him go out of religous or cultural beliefs, that is their right.
Better check again there devils advocate, the majority of the victims were Americans on that flight.
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