Compassion and Justice

"Mr. al-Megrahi did not show his victims any comfort or compassion … but that alone is not a reason for us to deny compassion to him and his family in his final days." —Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill

Al-Megrahi, former Libyan secret service agent who has prostrate cancer and only three months left to live, "is the only person ever convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988." —CBC News