Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (born April 1, 1952, Tripoli, Libya—died May 20, 2012, Tripoli) was a Libyan intelligence agent who was the only person to be convicted in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 (also known as the Lockerbie bombing), in which 270 people died. In 2001 Megrahi received a life sentence with the possibility of parole after 20 years (later increased to 27). However, in 2009 he was released on...