the only man to have been convicted of the lockerbie bombing, abdelbaset al megrahi, was jailed in 2001, but released eight years later and allowed to return home to libya because he was dying of cancer. some of the victims families still have doubts about his conviction and about the arrest of masud. it fills my mind with questions, really. first of all, why has it taken so long? secondly, what is he doing in america? this was a crime committed on scottish, well, above scottish soil, but which came to land on scottish soil, therefore it s the responsibility of the scottish legal system. with the prospect of a new trial looming, the 34th anniversary of the bombing will be commemorated quietly in lockerbie in a few days time. sara smith, bbc news, washington. we can now speak to us attorney mark zaid who has spent more than 20 years representing families of the pan am flight 103 victims, and was part of the legal team that filed the first civil lawsuit