View Full Version : Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death
Behemoth
05-11-2006, 09:25
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court and sentenced to death by hanging.
He was found guilty over his role in the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982.
His co-defendant former judge Awad Hamed al-Bander was also sentenced to death. Former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan got life in jail.
Three others received 15 year prison terms, another official was acquitted.
Source: BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news)
Pinkbanana
05-11-2006, 10:08
Im pleased that this truly evil man is going to be put to death. Justice has been served! I just hope he doesnt end up becoming a martyr.
Finally! They could have been a bit quicker though; it must have been like 2 years since he was caught.
.:SpIcYsPy:.
05-11-2006, 10:48
I agree with it and I am really pleased but I think this is going make the problems worse in Iraq.
EE Rocks
05-11-2006, 11:05
Oooh er, i feel a tad evil if I said yes.:banned:
Completely agree with it, that evil man deserves it
yes- he killed others so he should be killed, as if he isn't then he could escape and start doing what he was doing before again
I do agree with it, but i also think that maybe killing him is an easier way out of it. Surely he should suffer for what he did, and i don't know sometimes i just think when someone is sentenced to death, fair enough they die and all, but he'll only suffer for a while and then die, and that will be it, this may sound cruel and evil but i just think maybe he needs to suffer more. if he goes onto Death Row and stays there a while, i think that is suffering.
Sorry if none of that made sense, i know what i mean.
Although i do agree with it.
I do agree with it, but i also think that maybe killing him is an easier way out of it. Surely he should suffer for what he did, and i don't know sometimes i just think when someone is sentenced to death, fair enough they die and all, but he'll only suffer for a while and then die, and that will be it, this may sound cruel and evil but i just think maybe he needs to suffer more. if he goes onto Death Row and stays there a while, i think that is suffering.
Sorry if none of that made sense, i know what i mean.
Although i do agree with it.
Good point Layne - death is only really a punishment if the person is afraid of dying, I think; but they're not going to know what Saddam thinks about it. I think most people want him out the way; whether he has to suffer for what he did or not.
Sam-Elle
05-11-2006, 17:11
i agree with it, but hanging...sky news are saying he could be dead within the next few weeks and he knows it. Saddam says that if he has to die, he wants it to be by firing squad. he should be put on death row...
I said yes because I think that he was truly evil. If Adolf Hitler had been sentenced to death I would have agreed with that too but he wasn't. It's because Saddam Hussein killed so many people, and for what reason is there to take the life of another person? I don't believe in justice but I do think he deserves to die for all of the grief, pain and suffering he has put so many people through.
Saying that, I do not believe in the Death Penalty in the slightest. I think Capital Punishment is not the answer.
I do agree that killing Hussein will make matters worse though, as Spicy said before.
i have voted yes, i know that old saying two wrongs don't make a right, but i think this evil man is the execption. i think that hanging is the wrong way to do it though, maybe firing squad or stoneing
Cornishbabe
05-11-2006, 20:58
I dont think its the right punishment death is the easy way out and really doesnt act as a punishmet
Bad Wolf
05-11-2006, 23:58
hey - i dont agree with this, he will be turned in to a martyer - which is not a good thing as more extremists will commit attacks in his name - they should have let him rot in prison
I believe that 'state murder' is just as bad as personal murder - only we are ALL complicent and ALL guilty.
Yes. Sadam Hussian is an evil man. He has been implicated in the deaths of many, many people. So - how does killing him make us morally superior?
He was happy with the verdict, his place in history as a martyr to Western Imperialism is secured.
This sounds awful, but if the West wanted him dead then they should have killed him 'in battle' rather that bring him in and try him.
Civil war looms in Iraq, more bloodshed, more deaths and how are the coalitition troops going to get out of there now except in failure?
Anything is too good for this man - he should fear his punishment, not revel in it. Shame he wasn't killed "in battle" but then he will always appear to be martyr to his followers no matter what punishment was handed out.
I don't agree with it. It would be a far greater punishment for him to summer in prison for the rest of his life. Death is the easy way out (afterall many prisoners a yr want to/do attempt suicide).
Also killing him almost begins to justify his actions because the state are committing a murder in killing him which is what Saddem has been convicted of in the 1st place (2 wrongs dont make a right)
Hanging is far too good for this man. He deserves to die a slow and painful death. I for one would have no qualms about killing him. He is a mass murderer and like mass murderers before him deserves to die:ninja:
yes he should be Executed and he should not be able to apeal the decision
Chloe O'brien
08-11-2006, 12:39
As much as saddam is an evil man, excuting him does not right his wrongs. if he was to die then they should have sent in SAS to do it when he was first caught and they could have claimed it was down to being caught in friendly fire. He should be locked up for the rest of his life.
Sadam should be brought out to be hung and experience what all the people he did this do went through in their last moment, then not actually kill him but leave him in prison to think about everything he has done.. Killing him now he would have learnt nothing.. he thinks he is right in what he has done, a couple for decades in prison will allow him to reflect on how bad he has been, what he has loss (i.e. the mansion and power) and hopefully before he dies he would have learnt a few lessons...
Killing him now makes him a martyr.. if he is left to rot and ignore then his followers will die out as the old saying goes "out of signt out of mind"
I don't know which side of the fence to stand.
I can understand the "an eye for an eye" situation. He tortured all those innocent people and commited genocide. I remember the quote "the problem with an eye for an eye is the world ends up blind." Saddam murdered millions of people so you might agree that he should be hung. But does that make it right for somebody to hang him?
On the other hand, killing him is just giving him what he wants. He'll become a martyr. At least he was refused a soldier's death (execution by firing squad).
As for Death Row, I've never understood the concept of that. Why should tax payers' pay for him to sit in a cell for 25 years before they kill him? I don't think it will make much difference to have him on Death Row, he thinks he's right and all what he did is "normal" and he sees nothing wrong with what he did. (It wouldn't be possible for him to be on Death Row anyway, I don't think America has an extradition policy with Iraq.)
Anyway, he will suffer for a short period of time, I think it takes 15 seconds to die from hanging.
di marco
08-11-2006, 22:18
i heard on the radio that theres an argument going on about whether the hanging should be shown on live tv, cos a lot of people think it should!
That's just going to make him even more of a martyr if its shown worldwide. I know a lot of people are angry at what he did but why should the world see him die? I think it should be screened in Iraq, it will symbolise the end of his tyranny and rule and the start of a new leader and government. I don't think it should be screened worldwide.
It'll probably end up on youtube anyway.
Mr Humphries
08-11-2006, 23:02
It's very difficult, and see both points and agree with both points ! I would love to see him dealt with the same way he dealt with the innocent people he killed, but then I would like him dead too, but you kill him he becomes a martar and you leave him alive, he can always been got at and escape and become like Bin Ladin ! Very topically.
Good Subject and thread considering who posted it !
Grant_fan
09-11-2006, 11:00
i think they should put him to death because the hurt he as coused to other familys. i think he should die in a worsed way then he is. and i aggree with everyone he should been cough years ago before now!!
After all he has done to the people of Iraq i think it's right that he should be executed
also this idea of him been nice to his people by urging them to Reconcile and forgive does not work with me Because it's so obvious what he is trying to do avoid the death penalty
DaVeyWaVey
09-11-2006, 21:25
I definetly agree with him getting executed. He's killed so many people's lives, he deserves to have his life taken away from him.
I do not agree with any reason to take human life, no matter what the person has done. He may have killed many himself but killing him will bring those who do it to his level.
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