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Hello, I was born in England and visited Scotland when I was 22 years old for a holiday, I am still living in Scotland. I discovered that the ordinary Scottish folk were as kind and helpful as any that I had ever met, basically, just the same as most ordinary people throughout the world. Working to provide for their families, helping others, living a decent life, proud of their country and have a sense of compassion and justice. I eventually married a Scots girl, we had three sons, and now, six grandchildren, yes, all Scots, and, along with another 5 million other Scots they had no involvement with either the conviction or the release of Megrahi. For myself, my involvement was a letter to a Scottish daily newspaper that suggested that the better option for the Scottish Justice Minister may have been to provide a private place in Scotland outside of the prison where Megrahi and his family could be located whilst his legal team immediately placed before a Scottish judge his reasons for appeal. After 40 years of marriage my wife died 6 years ago, I am aware of the pain of bereavement over the loss of a loved one, That loss must be greater when the loss is caused by reasons other than illness or age and especially felt when the loss is caused by a terrible criminal act. But, is it right that just as long as someone is imprisoned for the Pan Am disaster that this should be the end of the matter? Does this really give a sense of closure to those bereaved? I, and many others, maybe even the majority,  believe that justice may not have been served with the conviction of Megrahi and these doubts will continue unless action is taken to prove that the conviction was sound. No, a release back to Libya was wrong for many reasons but do not blame Scotland and the Scots people as a whole.