Justice Unserved: Scotland Releases Pan Am Flt. 103 Bomber

This is compassionate? A convicted terrorist walks free out of some misguided notion of compassion.

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."

"Our justice system demands that judgment be imposed but compassion available," MacAskill said. "Our beliefs dictate that justice be served but mercy be shown."

The White House, which has urged Britain to keep al Megrahi behind bars, said it "deeply regrets" the decision.

MacAskill said he accepted al Megrahi's 2001 conviction for the Lockerbie bombing, the worst terrorist atrocity ever committed on UK soil. He also said he supported a severe sentence. But he said al Megrahi's lack of compassion for his 270 victims should not be a reason for Scotland to deny compassion to him.

He served all of 11 days for each of his 270 victims.

He just as easily could have died in prison, which was befitting of an unrepentant terrorist who murdered 270 people on board Pan Am Flight 103, which on December 21, 1988, exploded in the skies over Lockerbie, Scotland killing all 259 people on board and 11 people on the ground.

I'm supposed to be swayed by the fact he's suffering from terminal prostate cancer?

Also, Secretary of State Clinton should be ashamed of the statement she released in connection with the Administration's response to Scotland's actions:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who last week stressed U.S. opposition to a release, issued a similarly worded statement.

"Today, we remember those whose lives were lost on December 21, 1988, and we extend our deepest sympathies to the families who live each day with the loss of their loved ones due to this heinous crime," Clinton said.

These lives weren't merely lost - they were murdered in cold blood by this terrorist. Most of those on board the plane were Americans, including 35 students from Syracuse University, four from Colgate University, four from Brown University, and two from the State University of New York at Oswego. All were studying abroad and were heading home for Christmas.

UPDATE:
As if you expected anything different from Libya, Megrahi was welcomed back with a heroes welcome.

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