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As reported on in an earlier post, dying convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi was rejected on his appeal to be released on bail due to advanced prostate cancer.
Megrahi’s wife and family participated in the Silent Walk For Justice, which took place in Edinburgh, Scotland to raise awareness of “victims of miscarriages of justice.” [...]
Bank of America, has refused to deposit $7.7 million in Libyan settlement checks by the attorney for the families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing who live in Southeastern Pennsylvania and New York.
On Monday, Attorney Mark Zaid tried to deposit four checks into his attorney trust account, each in the amount of $1,932,500. From [...]
Convicted Lockerbie Bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi is terminally ill and is making a case to be released on bail due to his illness.
The Crown has insisted that Megrahi should not be released, “arguing his prognosis was ‘uncertain’ and that he could receive in jail whatever medical treatment was required.”
Appeal judges head Megrahi’s case, asking [...]
The United States began transferring over $500 million of compensation money from Libya to the families of the victims of the bombing on Pan Am 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
$504 million has been moved from the US Treasury to an account managed by the lawyers of the victims’ families. The rest of the $536 [...]
Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, convicted for killing 270 people in the Lockerbie Aircraft bombing, has been diagnosed with an advanced stage of prostate cancer and is only expected to live for a few more weeks. Since his conviction in 2001, al-Megrahi has been incarcerated in a Scotland. His status as a Scottish prisoner may give him [...]
Libya has recently taken a major step towards rejoining the international community. Once known as a state sponsor of terrorism, it was on the US State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism for 27 years. It has adopted a friendlier role with the United States since 2001, by dismantling its nuclear and chemical weapons [...]