Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters by John Ashton (.ePUB)
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Scotland’s Shame: Why Lockerbie Still Matters by John Ashton
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Overview: The Lockerbie bombing of 1988 remains one of the most notorious acts of terrorism to be perpetrated in the United Kingdom. Its political and foreign policy repercussions have been enormous. Decades later, debate still rages over the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, as well as his controversial release in 2009 on compassionate grounds.
In Scotland’s Shame, journalist and researcher John Ashton argues that the guilty verdict, delivered by some of Scotland’s most senior judges, was perverse and irrational. He details how prosecutors withheld numerous items of evidence that were favorable to Megrahi. It accuses successive Scottish governments of turning their back on the scandal and pretending that the country’s treasured independent criminal justice system remains untainted.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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