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| Iraq |
| Lawyers Work to Stop Saddam's Execution |
| 2006-12-30 |
| Saddam Hussein will be executed no later than Saturday, said an Iraqi judge authorized to attend his hanging. American and Iraqi officials met to set the hour of his death. Lawyers for Saddam Hussein asked a U.S. judge to block his transfer to the custody of Iraqi officials poised to carry out his execution. Hussein's lawyers filed documents Friday afternoon asking for a stay of execution. The 21-page request was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. Attorneys argued that because Hussein also faces a civil lawsuit in Washington, he has rights as a civil defendant that would be violated if he is executed. He has not received notice of those rights and the consequences that the lawsuit would have on his estate, his attorneys said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Apparently the relevant judge declined to go with this legal maneuver. Nice to know some judges still have common sense. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-30 22:26 |
| #6 As I said in yesterday's post about this....First, he is charged with crimes IN IRAQ, he is Iraqi, and was tried by an IRAQI court. The US courts have NO jurisdiction over this one. When has that ever stopped some federal |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2006-12-30 17:44 |
| #5 As I said in yesterday's post about this....First, he is charged with crimes IN IRAQ, he is Iraqi, and was tried by an IRAQI court. The US courts have NO jurisdiction over this one. And, second, filing this motion on late Friday afternoon right before New Year's Day (a Federal Holiday)? I'd bet even the union mailworkers weren't working to "shuffle the paperwork" on this one, lol! A day late and a dollar short, Ramsey, baby! |
| Posted by: BA 2006-12-30 11:14 |
| #4 #2: Media whore Ramsey Clark now moves on to the next circus. Too bad he didn't join his hero on the gallows. Got paid i'll bet. Now that would be facinating fact to make public, just who paid him? If we can't get him Disbarred perhaps we can get him so publicly humiliated he'll never get another "Client." |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-12-30 10:02 |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-12-30 03:22 |
| #2 Media whore Ramsey Clark now moves on to the next circus. Too bad he didn't join his hero on the gallows. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2006-12-30 00:53 |
| #1 Oops. Didn't work out too well, did it? :-D Schade. (Or not.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-30 00:48 |