Such an option exists under Scottish law, and Scottish Justice Minister Kenny MacAskill, announcing Megrahi's release Thursday, said the convicted bomber and former Libyan intelligence officer is near death from prostate cancer.

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The senior official who spoke here noted that the convicted terrorist has not left his home since arriving there, and credited Libyan authorities with acting to limit the size of the airport crowd.

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After a police crackdown, JI members were convicted of several deadly bombing attacks in Bali and Jakarta earlier in the decade.

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He was serving a 15 year prison sentence after being convicted of passing classified information to the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

Nasir Abbas is a former member of Jemaah Islamiyah who now helps the police try to change the thinking of convicted terrorists.

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Mekonnen said he was not sure whether the government would ask for extradition of those convicted in absentia.

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They also warn that terrorists who cannot be convicted might be set free in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"Everyone is equal before the law." Selebi is one of the highest ranking officials in South Africa to be convicted of misuse of office.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of bombing Pan-Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie,Scotland, posted the 353-pages of legal arguments on the Internet Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

He says there are maximum security prisons in the United States that hold convicted terrorists.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

The Freetown sessionof that court has convicted the last of the Sierra Leoneanrebels indicted.

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Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said he expects criminals convicted of gun charges to use Monday's ruling to challenge their convictions.

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And of the 84 people convicted, only one remains in prison.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

She was convicted Tuesday of violating the terms of her house arrest after American John Yettaw swam uninvited to her lakeside villa in May and stayed for two days.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

Berhanu was elected mayor of Addis in the disputed 2005 election, but was among those politicians arrested during post-election protests, convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison.

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The Myers are facing prison terms of up to 35 years if they are convicted of the charges against them, which include acting as illegal agents of a foreign government.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

Parliament reconvened early from its summer recess to consider the implications of the release of the only man convicted of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie,Scotland,in 1988.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

The same official termed as "disgusting" the hero's welcome the Gadhafi government gave to convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was released from prison by Scottish authorities on Thursday because he suffers from terminal cancer.

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The 32-year-old Saberi, who has worked for National Public Radio and the BBC,was jailed in January,allegedly because her press credentials had expired, before being convicted last month of "spying for the United States" in what many are calling a sham-trial.

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