{"id":1772936,"date":"2022-12-12T18:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772936"},"modified":"2022-12-12T18:48:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:48:31","slug":"prosecutors-wont-seek-death-penalty-in-trial-over-lockerbie-bombing-that-killed-270","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutors-wont-seek-death-penalty-in-trial-over-lockerbie-bombing-that-killed-270\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors Won\u2019t Seek Death Penalty In Trial Over Lockerbie Bombing That Killed 270"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprosecutors-wont-seek-death-penalty-in-trial-over-lockerbie-bombing-that-killed-270%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Prosecutors told the man accused of crafting the bomb used in the deadliest terror attack ever to take place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/united-kingdom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a> that they will not push for the death penalty if he is convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Agila Mohammad Mas\u2019ud Kheir Al-Marimi, a Libyan intelligence operative, appeared in a federal court in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/washington-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, on Monday in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 that killed 270 people, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-63946772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>. Mas\u2019ud\u2019s alleged bomb detonated onboard the doomed plane as it was flying over Lockerbie, Scotland, en route to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a>, downing the flight and killing everyone on board as well as 11 local residents on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Mas\u2019ud is the first person to be tried in the United States of a crime related to the 1988 terror attack. Family members of some of the victims of the downed flight appeared in the courtroom. Flight 103\u2019s victims came from 21 different countries. Of the 270 killed, 190 were Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Officials extradited Mas\u2019ud to the U.S. over the weekend from Libya where he was being held on charges in an unrelated case. It is not clear how Mas\u2019ud ended up in U.S. authorities\u2019 hands from Libya, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/12\/11\/lockerbie-bombing-suspect-masud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mas\u2019ud is facing three charges in connection with the terror attack, including destruction of an aircraft resulting in death. Prosecutor Erik Kenerson told the court that he would not be seeking the death penalty in the case, despite it being an accepted sentence for the crimes Mas\u2019ud is facing. In 1988 when the crime was committed, the death penalty would not have been a recommended sentence, Kenerson said, so he would not seek it in 2022, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/pan-103-bombing-case-suspect-appears-court\/story?id=95066207\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis actions killed all 259 passengers and crew on board the aircraft and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie,\u201d Kenerson said. \u201cCountless families have never fully recovered as a result of his actions and never will fully recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. charged Mas\u2019ud for his alleged role in the 1988 attack in December 2020 while the Justice Department was still headed by former Attorney General Bill Barr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese charges are the product of decades of hard work by investigators and prosecutors who have remained resolute in their dogged pursuit of justice for our citizens, the citizens of the United Kingdom, and the citizens of the other 19 countries that were murdered by terrorists operating on behalf of the former Muamar Qaddafi regime when they attacked Pan Am Flight 103,\u201d Barr said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/former-senior-libyan-intelligence-officer-and-bomb-maker-muamar-qaddafi-regime-charged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs to all the victims and the families, we cannot take away your pain from your loss, but we can seek justice for you,\u201d he continued. \u201cOur message to other terrorists around the world is this \u2013 you will not succeed \u2013 if you attack Americans, no matter where you are, no matter how long it takes, you will be pursued to the ends of the earth until justice is done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flight 103 was blown apart as it traveled from London to New York City. The wreckage from the commercial aircraft plummeted to the ground over Lockerbie and \u201cdestroyed an entire city block where homes had peacefully stood just minutes earlier,\u201d according to the Department of Justice. At the time, the bombing was considered the largest terror attack ever carried out against either the U.S. or the U.K. until the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors told the man accused of crafting the bomb used in the deadliest terror attack ever to take place in the United Kingdom that they will not push for the death penalty if he is convicted. 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