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By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Jan. 6) – There's a lot of news today in the world of accused and convicted murderers, so we rounded it all up. Johnny L. Wicks' Past Homicide First, the man who killed a federal court officer and wounded a U.S. marshal in Las Vegas on Monday had been convicted of killing his own brother in Memphis in 1976, the Los Angeles Times reports. Wicks, 66, was sentenced to 12 to 15 years for the slaying but was paroled in 1981. Aside from the murder, Wicks' rap sheet included a conviction for spousal abuse, an accusation of assault to commit rape and robbery charges. On Monday, Wicks set ...
White House: Hero's Welcome for Lockerbie Bomber 'Outrageous and Disgusting'
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyAfter many years in a Scottish prison, Libyan terrorist Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was set free and sent home to Tripoli on a VIP jet Thursday. Convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight, Megrahi, who maintains he is innocent, was given his liberty under Scottish laws permitting release of prisoners with less than three months to live. With advanced prostate cancer, al-Megrahi's final curtain will come shortly. But the last chapter of his earthly narrative was capped by a hero's welcome. ...
Senators Urge Continued Lockup for Pan Am Lockerbie Bomber
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySeven U.S. senators on Monday signed a letter imploring Scotland's justice minister not to release the Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, PoliticsDaily.com has learned.The senators' letter underscores calls made by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder to Scotland's Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill last week asking him to keep Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi in prison and not let him return to Libya. (My PoliticsDaily.com scoop about Clinton and Holder here.) ...
Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder Object to Possible Release of Lockerbie Bomber
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailySecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder each called Scotland's justice minister on Thursday to object to the release of the Libyan man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Politics Daily has learned. This behind-the-scenes diplomacy comes as American relatives of the victims express concern over how hard the Obama administration is pressing the case that Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi remain in prison and not return to Libya.He received a 27-year sentence in 2001 and had two separate pleas pending: one calling for release on compassionate grounds ...
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By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn a recent interview, John McCain was asked to name a specific example of Sarah Palin's experience in terms of national security. Here's the exchange:Yes, it's true that our energy needs do affect our national security priorites. As Alan Greenspan noted, the Iraq war was really all about oil, not illusory weapons of mass destruction. And the reason Condoleezza Rice graced Libya's Moammar Ghadafi with a state visit last week--even though she'd promised she wouldn't until Libya fulfilled its international obligation and finished paying the victims' families for its role in helping blow up Pan ...
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