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Intriguing NPR piece on compassionate release of Lockerbie bomber

By Douglas A. Berman

This afternoon's NPR program Talk of the Nation included this interesting half-hour segment titled "'Compassionate' Release For Lockerbie Bomber."  Here is the official summary of the segment: The only man convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, was freed from a Scottish prison on what Scottish authorities call "compassionate grounds." He is terminally ill with cancer.  Guests examine the limits of compassion. Though I've only heard half the segment so far, what I have heard raised lots of interesting and important matters worthy of consideration and reflection for all sentencing law and policy fans.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 24, 2009 (boomark / email).