Lockerbie Bomber to be set free to die with family

I don't understand letting someone free because they're about to die, ESPECIALLY if convicted for life, as one can only assume this guy was.

A ten year sentence where the person is well into it, but gets cancer and is about to die, well, I'd be less upset about that person going free, but when your serving life in prison, then it should mean life in prison.

 

Did the 200+ people on the plane get to die with their family?

This is stupid.

Do they do this often with others that are convicted for life?

 

Agreed. Let him sit there a rot from the inside out. Let him suffer every second of the rest of his life, he deserves it.

 

Apparently he claimed he was innocent and there is evidence to show he might be. If he is about to die, I would much rather let an guilty man walk free than leave an innocent man in jail.

 

While we're at it, why don't we torture terrorist too! You're either humane or inhumane ... pick one.

 

Agreed.

 

I have mixed feelings about this. While I think that for such a heinous crime his sentence should be served to the end but at the sametime I don't think keeping him locked up until he is a corpse serves any deterrent purpose or makes the world a safer place.

 

IMO the Scots should have left in solitary confinement with a film crew to document the last months of his miserable life. Then perform an extensive autopsy before shipping his body home in a box minus appropriate pieces to keep for future study.

 

And that will accomplish what?

 

I kills 270 people who were flying, potentially to see their loved ones.....

And he's being flown to be with his loved ones.......hmmmm....boom

 

The world would have proof he wasn't mistreated in his last days. He would help medical science better understand the final stages of prostate cancer. Future generations would have tissue samples of his brain to help understand the anomalies and abberations of the criminally insane. The families of his victims get to confirm that he died in the way the Scottish court specified (his 27 year minimum is not yet satisfied). Is that enough?

 

I'm no medical expert, but I'm sure whatever symptoms he's having of untreated cancer while in prison aren't too pleasant for the prison guards to see/have to deal with.

 

If you wanna know why some people oppose the death penalty, torture, or harsh prison conditions, it's comments like this. Though clearly a joke, this tend to betray one's own blood lust or appetite for human suffering, rather than any sense of "justice."

 

I never understood the eye for an eye mentality.

If you think the act was heinous and dispicable, and the people who carry it out are animals, then it's ok to stoop down to become them as well?

What happened to Christian values? Why is it that religion only matters in applying it to everyone but not when it comes to our enemies.

The guy is going to die. He's life is over. Whether he dies in a prison or goes home - what does it matter? His life is over. No more justice can be extracted from the situation without making a mockery of those who claim to be a victim.

 

Disagree. He can repay humanity in part with a final contribution to scientific inquiry. Also, what if there is a cure for cancer in the next three months? He would get off scot free (pun intended).

 

isn't putting him in solitary confinement actually mistreating him?

it's impossble to do this right now with volunteers?

so you're saying the only thing he's guilty of is being insane/crazy

so you read the family's minds? it's also funny that all the cruel extras you've added weren't even specified by the Scottish courts

 

Sweet Lou, Id am actually sympathic to your viewpoint, especially if you are pro-life. I've always had a hard time reconciling the views of people who are quite willing to kill an innocent baby in the mother's womb but who are adamantly opposed to executing a convicted murderer in the manner prescibed by a jury of his or her peers.

However, his life is not over until its over. If he is going to die, let him die in prison rather than the comfort of Khaddafi's palace.

 

1) It wouldn't be solitary if there was a film crew around 24/7.
2) Volunteers are not nearly so accessible 24/7.
3) To commit murder IMO you must be somewhat emotionally disturbed.
4) Mind reading is not necessary when they are making their views known on any number of television stations.
5) What cruel extras? He was sentenced to death with no possibility of parole for 27 years. Only eight years have passed. As to the autopsy, he will be dead when that occurs.

 

you're the one who called it solitary not me

volunteers who are already confined in a hospital?

so why not do this to all convicts? lets say tim mcveigh

you have a quote or link?

are you denying that you added these yourself?