Lockerbie bomber's relatives try to clear his name

LONDON (AP) — The family of the only person convicted in the Lockerbie bombing joined relatives of the attack’s victims Thursday in demanding a fresh effort to overturn his murder conviction for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

Former Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Baset al-Megrahi long protested his innocence in the attack that killed 270 people, many of them Americans. But he dropped his appeal to clear the path for his early release on compassionate grounds. He died two years ago.