Gray said a release on compassionate grounds must be tempered with justice, the rights of the victims must always be preserved.

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

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

Just a few days later, on August 20 2009, al-Megrahi was freed on compassionate grounds.

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After her release on compassionate grounds in 1980, she married the actor Stephen Rea.

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However two years later Biggs was moved from Belmarsh prison to Norwich prison on "compassionate grounds".

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