bobbyw Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi is to be freed from prison on compassionate grounds to go home to die. Should he be alowed to go or should he have died in prison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Inky Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I voted "Yes" on the basis I think his conviction was unsafe in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swc123 Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I am normally quite reluctant to comment when I am not in position of the whole facts. But this man was found guilty of murdering 270 people, and showed no compassion to the families involved, none of which got to say goodbye to their loved ones. Now we are showing him compassion and allowing him to spend his remaining time with his family. Personally I think it is wrong to release him - life should mean exactly that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyw Posted August 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Thats my problem wi this, on one hand i think leave him in jail but i am no 100% sure he wasnt a bit o a scapegoat in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudden Stop Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 I personally do not have a problem with releasing him so he can go home to die. But this issue will really polarize people's views. I can easily understand people that will say he should die in prison and I won't argue with them. We are taking the moral high ground that he never would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Maybe think about his family, they did nothing wrong here... The conviction was made but there was to be an appeal, this means that some thought the judgement may have been wrong, and I dont believe that he did it, if at all on his own... Tis not like the Biggs case where the guy stuck two fingers up at our system, only to come back when his money ran out.. Leaving him to die in jail will also be a massive burden on the tax payer... And, to keep him there to please a few americans.. Any prisoner can apply for compassionate release, we cannot deny a request purley on other folks opinion.. There have been folks in the past treated exactly the same way, tis fair... And we must now think of the relations between Lybia and the rest of the world, a lot more less deaths and open, fruitfull dialogue.. In the bigger picture, tis no harm for him to end his days, still a convicted murderer and on licence. The appeal may have been successful, this may already have been foreseen or even expected.. Until we know, we don't know... I hope he makes a wee bit of a statement, a death bed confession... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 He should have been left to die in jail and with out any pain killers I wonder how much money may have been paid in to the SNP’s party funds. From Libyan officials or the oil industry? One thing for sure if I should come across Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill smashed up in a car accident I wont be phoning 999 I will just drive of again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Completely agree with the decision, wether he was guilty or not. He's going to die soon, and the point of a justice system isn't vengeance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertieiddabanks Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Regarding the lockerbie bombing it is well documented on their own site that the cia has payed around 15 million dollars to 'witnesses' to megrahi's guilt. One of the main witnesses was a shopkeeper who was paid $2,000,000 to identify megrahi who allegedly bought a suitcase from him, this he did even though it was 2 years since the suitcase was bought and megrahi was in the shop (allegedly) for a matter of minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Of various reactions on the news page the below is from Tavish Scott. Quoted here purely since it's Tavish, no ulteriour motive! BBC News - Reaction: Lockerbie bomber set free Mr Scott said: "The real lesson of this shambles for the SNP is that government is about responsibility, not publicity. We've endured a simply dreadful two weeks as Kenny MacAskill dithered over this big decision while the SNP spin machine was in overdrive. "I feel sorry for the victims' families who have been put through this charade. They are unlikely to hear the truth of the wheeling and dealing that has gone on. Many also would have wanted to see the Megrahi appeal run its course." The course of the next few days will be a bizzarre one I'm sure - not least that FOX News this morning, before the release, had a news story titled "Hillary Clinton on Sidelines as Diplomacy With Rogue Nations Evolves", with a side chunk about Al Megrahi and Scotland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertieiddabanks Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Found this... http://www.lockerbietruth.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertieiddabanks Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 A wealth of information here... http://www.indopedia.org/Pan_Am_Flight_103.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomblands Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 He should have been left to die in jail and with out any pain killers I wonder how much money may have been paid in to the SNP’s party funds. From Libyan officials or the oil industry? One thing for sure if I should come across Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill smashed up in a car accident I wont be phoning 999 I will just drive of again Lovely He's not been pardoned, he's not been let off with anything. He is going back to Libya to die. Allowing a foreign national, from a country the UK has a prisoner exchange, agreement to die from a terminal pre-diagnosed illness in a UK prison would open up even more moral and political holes. Although not agreeing with the 'expert' on radio scotland who said, if that was the case, the Libyan response would "probably be violent". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 Wasn't impressed with David Cameron's response. Said something like "well he didn't show any compassion to his victims, so why should we to him?" Thought even the copnservatives would be above an eye for an eye mentality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted August 20, 2009 Report Share Posted August 20, 2009 He should have been left to die in jail and with out any pain killers I wonder how much money may have been paid in to the SNP’s party funds. From Libyan officials or the oil industry? One thing for sure if I should come across Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill smashed up in a car accident I wont be phoning 999 I will just drive of again Nice 2 peas in a pod... The upsetting thing is while you are verifying his identity, someone else may suffer... And y no pain killers, sad that.. And are you making an accusation or just venting your spleen, how much money did the government get to let him die amongst his family?? And globally, with international relatios as they are, would it be worth upsetting another country that used to bomb us, kidnap folk for them to start again. Globally. Tis a small price.... The sad thing is the scrap yard that still has all the recovered pieces of the aircraft on show, and the disrespect shown to the British relatives of the deceased and their wishes..... Anyway, did they all not get compensated....they all got what they thought was the value of the life lost. Next they will be claiming for the pain caused by this..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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