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Originally Posted by Moldova
He was convicted so let him rot in our jail and we should feel the same compassion towards him as his countrymen feel towards us.
This is a slap in the face for the families of the victims.
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I think you'll find that leaving people to rot in jail in circumstances where there are highly questionable elements of their convictions is a bad idea - see: Birmingham Six, Guildford Four, The Bridgwater Four, The M25 Three, Sally Clark, Barry George etc etc etc for further info.
In relation to this particular case last October the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission identified six grounds where it believed a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is, at least, entitled to have those grounds addressed.
Having someone jailed who is subsequently found to have been innocent of a crime is, in many ways - not least psychologically, more of a slap in the face to the victims and their families.