"Everything we've done on the Lockerbie case over the last 20 years — that is, from the investigation to the trial to the conviction to the incarceration of Mr. Megrahi and to his eventual release under compassion grounds — has been done following the precepts of Scottish jurisdiction and Scots law," Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond told The Associated Press Wednesday. eve isk,eve isk,eve isk, "Some people say that the Scottish system has too much compassion," he said. "But at the end of the day, I think I'd rather be first minister of a society with too much compassion than be first minister of a country with too little compassion." eve isk,eve isk,eve isk, In the U.S., many are convinced that al-Megrahi's freedom was merely a matter of commerce. eve isk,eve isk,eve isk, "If we were to pursue this, it would put pressure on BP and the Libyan government," said New York Sen. Charles Schumer, one of four Democratic senators spearheading efforts to investigate the Libyan's release. eve isk,eve isk,eve isk, "Sunlight is a great disinfectant, and the more we shine the light on this, the uglier it gets," Schumer told the AP. "If we keep the spotlight, both legal and public pressure on the governments, then sooner or later we'll succeed. Because what they did was so wrong, and makes them look so bad." eve isk,eve isk,eve isk, Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has been repeatedly blasted by the families of the U.S. victims for freeing al-Megrahi, despite their appeals to keep him in prison. eve isk,eve isk,eve isk, Dr. Karol Sikora, a cancer specialist and dean of the Buckingham University School of Medicine, was among those who suggested that al-Megrahi, who suffers from prostate cancer, had three months to live. He is now eating his words. eve isk,eve isk,eve isk, If "I could go back in time, I would have probably been more vague and tried to emphasize the statistical chances and not hard fact," he told Britain's Observer newspaper on Sunday — comments that have further outraged victims' families.
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