He said,"We are a great nation, a prosperous and compassionate one, but our health care system doesn't measure up to that greatness."

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Gray stressed that, while the justice secretary was required to consider the application for compassionate release, he was not bound to grant it.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

The documents come from an appeal against his 2001 conviction, which was dropped just before he was released from a Scottish jail on compassionate grounds last month.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Obviously I would hope that the government of Iran would free them on humanitarian and compassionate basis as soon as possible and return them home to their families,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi received a warm welcome from flag waving Libyan supporters as he stepped off the plane Thursday in Tripoli, after his release from custody in Scotland on compassionate grounds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Two hundred seventy people were killed in the attack. Opposition Scottish Labor leader Iain Gray was blunt in his criticism of Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who made the call to allow Abdel Basset al-Megrahi to leave prison and return home to Libya on compassionate grounds because he is terminally ill.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24