Um, Saddam is sentenced to death by hanging? I never knew they still hung people? I thought they only used Electric Chairs
2006-11-05 03:09:06 · 13 answers · asked by mrxxbrian 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
In Iraq they do. That was not a U.S. trial.
2006-11-05 03:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
"They" who? Many countries still use hanging as a means of capitol punishment. Rope is cheap. Electric chairs are almost completely out of style because electricity is expensive and (according to bleeding-heart liberals) cruel & unusual punishment.
In the USA, the standard form of execution is now Lethal Injection, mainly because those same bleeding-heart liberals care more for the rights of murderers than their victims, and won't accept anything but the most comfortable, peaceful, and pain-free executions for monsters who have been convicted of even the most horrific of crimes.
2006-11-05 03:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The method of capitol punishment varies by state/country.
Apparently in Iraq, they still hang people. Which is probably an improvement over the types of death sentences that used to be given.
2006-11-05 03:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
who's "they"? in singapore, they still give people forty lashes for theft and vandalism
in America, they strap folks to a table and have a doctor of all people inject them with lethal doses of sedative
i don't know where "they" still use the electric chair
there are many Muslim countries where "they" still stone women to death (it's like going to a soccer match) based on accusations of impropriety only; no proof is ever needed or even sought; if she is lucky, her brother will strangle her the night before the big event
human beings are still very backward and cruel; it's a shame Mr. Hussein will be the only one going to the gallows, but it's always the little guy to pay the price, and on the world stage, Mr. Hussein is a very sad and very little guy
i think it's a mistake to execute him; far better to put him to hard labour for the rest of his days and to let him know that his family have been stripped of their wealth
2006-11-05 03:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by soobee 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes they still do. I'm not sure now, but it was an option that was available in a couple of states here not that long ago. They stone people, be-head people, in China they shoot you in the back of the head if your body has the right match for organ donation and there's a buyer.
2006-11-05 03:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only in one state do they allow the electric chair any more. Most convicts in the US die by lethal injection.
2006-11-05 03:15:33 · answer #6 · answered by Captain Moe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are a wide range of execution options, even in the US, and certainly world-wide. Electrocution, gas, hanging, garroting, firing squad, beheading - all used, and equally deadly.
2006-11-05 03:25:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the culture of that specific region and peoples.
2006-11-05 03:16:31 · answer #8 · answered by Answerer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ya I thought that was odd too.
But nothing in this trial should suprise us.
Im waiting for fox news to show it live.
2006-11-05 03:11:27 · answer #9 · answered by cosmiccastaway 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In many of the Muslim countries, they still stone women !!!! Surprise!!! And people still don't understand why we want a democratic foothold in the middle-east. FOOLS!!!!
2006-11-05 03:13:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋