if you don't agree with the death penalty, then what do you think of Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death?

Answer 1

Saddam is a mass murder, kind of exterminated his own people..☺

Answer 2

I am ambivilent about death penalty.
Which arises from cases of innocent people being executed.
In the case of Saddam.....
Let the Iraqis deal with it.
But I don't have the emotional void that can only be filled by an execution.
Triumphant crowing over verdict is groupthink.
After all...he didn't destroy the twin towers.

Evil Shmeevil!
It wasn't that long ago when he was one of OUR guys.
excerpt from link
Washington, D.C., 25 February 2003 - The National Security Archive at George Washington University today published on the Web a series of declassified U.S. documents detailing the U.S. embrace of Saddam Hussein in the early 1980's, including the renewal of diplomatic relations that had been suspended since 1967. The documents show that during this period of renewed U.S. support for Saddam, he had invaded his neighbor (Iran), had long-range nuclear aspirations that would "probably" include "an eventual nuclear weapon capability," harbored known terrorists in Baghdad, abused the human rights of his citizens, and possessed and used chemical weapons on Iranians and his own people. The U.S. response was to renew ties, to provide intelligence and aid to ensure Iraq would not be defeated by Iran, and to send a high-level presidential envoy named Donald Rumsfeld to shake hands with Saddam (20 December 1983
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/press.htm

Who further entrenched him in his position of power?
And I don't mean REPUBLICANS or DEMOCRATS.
I mean...what country.

Answer 3

The death penalty times two.

Answer 4

i agree with the death sentence but they will never hang Saddam because all hell would break lose . no this is coming from the bush administration just a lot of smoke and mirrors to sway votes right around election time . .

Answer 5

Death is the easy way out, imagine living out your life in a 8 x 10' prison cell.

Answer 6

I don't agree with the death penalty.

Don't get me wrong. Some of the people that are sentenced to death certainly DO deserve the ultimate punishment. Child killers, serial killers, Saddam Hussein.

HOWEVER, I'm not even religious, but gives our government, or ANY government, the right to "play God", and choose who lives or die? That's not a decision that we should make.

Answer 7

I'm a liberal that does agree with the death penalty, I would hang saddam this afternoon, then we would leave iraqistan.

Answer 8

That's one they may have to take down, if they can't keep him quiet in a cell.

But the worst punishment for such ego is not death. He goes down as a martyr now. You destroy the guy by keeping him locked up, realizing his powers were taken away

Answer 9

I think instead of sentencing him to death the u.s should use him for our agenda as we did in the 80s, why then and not now?

Answer 10

Is the trial over? If it is and he's found guilty then the people that were affected by his inhumane acts should make that decision. I suppose that will be part of the decision. Is there are jury or will the judge decide?

Answer 11

i don't agree that the death penalty should be dragged out for ones life time.......Right to a speedy trial also should be the right to a speedy death.......