Bias It seems a little weighted towards Al Megrahi being wrongly convicted just does not read neutral to me I ve subsequently tagged the article to see if anyone could take a look and see if they can do anything about it Cheers Well according to the article the SCCRC concluded its four year review and having uncovered evidence that a miscarriage of justice could have occurred So giving some considerable weight to doubts about his guilt would be justified That is true but it stands that he is a convicted mass murderer who took the lives of hundreds of people To have the majority of the article weighted towards his alleged innocence appeals etc seems disproportionately biased in his favour While I know that there is obviously a distinct article on the bombing it doesn t quite seem appropriate that the article about the guilty party is leaning heavily towards innocence In light of the dropping of the appeal it seems somewhat unlikely that he will be exhonerated so it s not even as if Megrahi s status in a legal sense will alter in terms of innocent vs guilty rather than incarcerated vs free I m not sure what to do to alter the article which is why I tagged it to see if anyone else had any ideas I accept entirely what you re saying and I even agree I just like I said find that focus disproportionate This legal speak is very cautious A miscarriage of justice could have occurred means in reality that it is practically certain that a miscarriage of justice has occurred So he is convicted yes but a mass murderer no the guilty party no most likely not Concerning the future nobody knows but there remains a strong pressure to reopen the case 213 84 53 62 My understanding of the legal status is that A miscarriage of justice could have occurred does not by any stretch mean that the occurrence of such a miscarriage is practically certain If you have evidence to that effect I would be happy to see it It only means that there is sufficient reason to justify the time and expense of further investigation We should also be wary of political pressures on the relevant actors in this case coming from both directions and to me this diminishes the weight of several quotations in favor of al Megrahi there was significant pressure on law enforcement agencies to put someone away for the Lockerbie bombing and just as surely there was just as much pressure on Libya and its friends to exonerate him due to the sanctions and damage to international reputation and etc This is why I think less weight should be given to quotations and more weight to the hard evidence Perhaps the article would read a little less biased if it actually included some of the relevant points from the original case against him It doesn t really tell a reader why he was convicted in the first place 12 70 92 162 I absolutely agree First the weight of the evidence in favor of a conviction should be given The page says nothing about what he is accused of doing and why the judges reached the conclusion they did Second even though reasons have been given to doubt the conviction responses to those reasons should also be given Presumably those who remain convinced of al Megrahi s guilt especially those who were involved in the initial trial have offered responses to the allegations of a miscarriage of justice Al Megrahi was convicted this much is fact Voices should be heard that believe the conviction was wrong and voices should be heard that believe it was right It is partly the absence of this secondary response that gives the article a prejudiced feel to me Having read the entire article I must agree with Sky83 and 12 70 92 162 How many times is the phrase miscarriage of justice used here There is actually very little information provided to show a miscarriage of justice took place One of Hans Koechler s reason for doubting the validity of the conviction A retired Scottish police officer has signed a statement confirming that the evidence that found Al Megrahi guilty was fabricated The police chief whose identity has not yet been revealed testified that the CIA planted the tiny fragment of circuit board crucial in convicting a Libyan for the bombing of the Pan Am jet Scotland on Sunday 28 August 2005 http