Lockerbie case must be proved 'beyond reasonable doubt'

January 30, 2001
Web posted at: 7:32 p.m. EST (0032 GMT)

By Raju Chebium
CNN.com Correspondent

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Does the circumstantial evidence presented by Scottish prosecutors in the Lockerbie bombing trial prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Libyans Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988?

Law professors closely watching the trial at Camp Zeist, Netherlands, say that the way the Scottish judges answer that question will determine whether the Libyans spend the rest of their lives in prison or walk away as free men.

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