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In The News: Lockerbie Bomber Free

ORG XMIT: XAN115 ** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top, left, using stick, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is accompanied by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be shown to the man responsible for the deaths of 270 people. (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil) (Amr Nabil / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
ORG XMIT: XAN115 ** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top, left, using stick, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is accompanied by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be shown to the man responsible for the deaths of 270 people. (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil) (Amr Nabil / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: XAN115 ** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top, left, using stick, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is accompanied by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009. Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be shown to the man responsible for the deaths of 270 people. (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil) (Amr Nabil / The Spokesman-Review)

Libyan Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, top, left, using stick, who was found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is accompanied by Seif al-Islam el- Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival at an airport in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday. Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, allowing him to die at home in Libya despite American protests that mercy should not be shown to the man responsible for the deaths of 270 people. Story here . (AP Photo/ Amr Nabil)

Question: Do you think the Lockerbie bomber should have been released from prison because of a terminal illness?

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