Over at AEI’s blog…Micheal Rubin provides readers with a handy dandy chart calculating how much time one would serve in Scotland for the crime of murder (H/T Trey Hicks).



Yesterday, a Scottish court released Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds. He served 3,123 days for the murder of 270 people. That comes out to an average of 11..5 days per person.

For perspective, here’s what Scottish justice would mean for other prominent murderers: