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| Saddam to face death penalty |
| 2004-06-30 |
| OUSTED Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein would get the death penalty if he was found guilty of the serious crimes levelled against him, Iraq’s interim Justice Minister Malek Dohan al-Hassan said in a newspaper interview last night. He told the Italian daily Repubblica that the new interim government in Baghdad had just approved a decree reinstating the death penalty, which had been abolished by Paul Bremer, who until Monday was the US civil administrator in Iraq. "We are reinstating the death penalty. We are a sovereign state ... We have the right and the duty to re-establish the instruments which we deem the most useful," Mr Hassna said. "If the evidence proves the serious crimes that he (Saddam) is accused of, then the special court set up during the occupation could sentence him to death," the minister said. "For crimes against humanity, genocide, use of chemical weapons, we can use capital punishment," he stressed. "We are in in an emergency situation. We are facing a ferocious enemy which wants to destroy (our) budding democracy and freedom." Iraq’s interim government took legal custody of Saddam and 11 top members of his ousted regime earlier yesterday from the US-led military. The 12 are due to appear before the Special Iraqi Tribunal today. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #10 TW - if they're anything like you? I like it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-30 9:44:38 PM |
| #9 Give him to the women! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-06-30 9:20:33 PM |
| #8 ACLU letter campaign in 5...4...3... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-30 9:14:44 PM |
| #7 Insert ObLLLComment linking Bush, Texas and the Death Penalty. Oh yeah! And oil! And... and... |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-06-30 8:47:42 PM |
| #6 Yesterday the Iraqi Justice Minister gave a new conference. A journalist asked if Sadam would be allowed to represent himself and referenced the debacle of the Milosevic trial at the world court. If the Iraqi Justice system is as feckless as the world court Sadam will be running for president from his prison cell. However, I think the Iraqi court will be straightforward with only three steps: list crimes, prove guilt, and execute. |
| Posted by: Canaveral Dan 2004-06-30 4:00:54 PM |
| #5 There will always be some loonies who oppose the death penalty, but for someone like Saddam, it's a more merciful end than some of the ones he ordered. Hey, just slowly winch him down into the rotating jaws of his favorite shredder. Sauce for the gander and all that. There does not exist a single form of conventional capital punishment which remotely approaches the unusual cruelty inflicted upon nearly each and every one of Saddam's victims. He could be flayed alive and it would still represent a kindness. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-30 3:42:08 PM |
| #4 I can't wait to see how many Idiotarians decry this as "inhumane." Execution of people guilty of heinous crimes is a violation of their human rights. Meanwhile, anti-American dictators can kill all the dissenters they want. No problem there. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2004-06-30 3:38:44 PM |
| #3 There will always be some loonies who oppose the death penalty, but for someone like Saddam, it's a more merciful end than some of the ones he ordered. |
| Posted by: rabidfox 2004-06-30 2:19:20 PM |
| #2 I love these guys. Once they get Irag straightened out may they could come over here and give us a hand. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-06-30 12:27:03 PM |
| #1 Surprise, surprise. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-06-30 11:43:15 AM |