Saddam death's sentence: Hang em High

Originally posted by JanusRook   What do you all think of this?

It was a disgrace. The whole thing did not even have the prence of a fair trial. All Saddam is going to be now is a martyre.

It would have been sharp and quick. This was a long facsade.

chuck him of a very high cliff. I am normally agianst the whole death penatly, but i think that country is so chaotic it would be better to kill him now while we can,  just incase. For the shiite and the kurds

IMO for a man like Saddam death would be the easy way out. It would be an escape from justice for him. He would see it as a Maryterdom, he is dying for his beliefs. And as such it would only make tensions in the ME even worse.

Originally posted by malizai_ There are multiple truths in this thread and i agree with most of them. I also agree that the death penalty should only take place, if in NO doubt. I trust the judiciary to be sane enough to consider the circumstances�surrounding a case. But�one�should NEVER circumvent the law. No one in their right mind would disagree with the outcome, but in effect what we have witnessed is an extra judicial killing sanctioned by a kangaroo court I agree also with Janus, that it is justice to the victims that takes precedence over the punishment of the criminal. It is a common occurrence in countries with corrupt courts or failing judicial system, that a person in the process of exacting revenge for a deceased ends up killing persons other than the culprit.

OK, I agree with the death penalty in cases of obvious proof. And I would be in favour should reform be found not to work.

I'm with you and Janus over justice not punishment. After all we have Justice not Punishment systems.

I don't think that Saddam is going to be executed, the court is propably going to sentence him for life and in a few months after that he is going to have a heart-attack. Sound's familiar, doesn't it?

Sentence to death was a great mistake.

This trial was done in a dubious court. The whole point of a court is to make both parties feel that a fair decision was reached, and by this prevent further violence. Saddam, as horrible a man as he is, didn't get a fair trial, and this can incite supporters into taking revenge for the injustice committed to him.

The US made a huge blunder when they didn't get him tried in an international court. There is plenty of evidence that the man is guilty, and I fair trial would have found that.

But by trying him in a US kangaroo court, the U.S. committed an injustice towards Saddam that will give an argument to insurgent Sunnis.


Furthermore, killing him through a sentence of a dubious court only turns him into a martyr.

I can already hear people stating that Saddam didn't get a better trial than an African American in the U.S. system.

Or that Saddam's trial had the same sloppy justice found in the U.S. in death sentences cases, only proving how horrible Americans are.

She should have been kept in jail for life with no parole.

I hope that bush is not re-elected. I'd rather see him hanging in the noose. But it should be 3 foot noose, more pain that way. It wasn't a fair trial, and it is Mr. Bush for the blame.

Originally posted by The Canadian Guy I hope that bush is not re-elected. I'd rather see him hanging in the noose. But it should be 3 foot noose, more pain that way. It wasn't a fair trial, and it is Mr. Bush for the blame.

That just really pisses me off. Say what you want about Mr. Bush, he DOES NOT deserve to die.