He was found guilty by a court of law - so regardless if he was guilty or not then his lawyers should of provided proof he is innocent.
Scotland sold out and released him in a back hand deal.Is it any wonder the americans are fuming over this - a lot of the passengers where American.
Now lets get on to this compassion lark -
What about all the other prisoners who are serving long sentences - maybe we should release all them
Would you be happy to release Ian Huntley on compassionate grounds if he was supposed to be dying ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham_murders
While we released a man on compassionate grounds the rest of the world is laughing at how weak we really are.