US will NOT seek death penalty against Lockerbie 'bombmaker'
BREAKING NEWS: US will NOT seek death penalty against Lockerbie ‘bombmaker’
- Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, who is suspected of building the bomb, faces charges including destruction of an aircraft resulting in death
- Each of the charges is punishable by a sentence of up to life imprisonment, the death penalty or a fine of up to $250,000
- But prosecutors told said they will not pursue the death penalty because it was not constitutionally available at the time of the bombing in 1988
- Al-Marimi appeared in a federal court in Washington on Monday over the attack
The man suspected of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people, will not face the death penalty.
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi appeared in a federal court in Washington on Monday.
He faces three charges, including two counts of destruction of an aircraft resulting in death, and a further count of destruction of a vehicle resulting in death.
Each of the charges are punishable by a sentence of up to life imprisonment, the death penalty or a fine of up to $250,000.
But prosecutors told the court they would not pursue the death penalty because it was not constitutionally available at the time of the bombing.
The Lockerbie bombing killed 270 people on board the Pan Am flight 103
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