Was Iraq court right for sentencing Saddam Hussein to the gallow for crime against humanity or wrong?

Answer 1

No one (OK only a very few people) can take an apologist stand for this man, he was a street thug who rose to power and, like so many before him, abused that power to retain it. There are no mitigating factors here and, although I view everything I hear from Iraq with a huge amount of cynicism, I do not doubt his guilt.

There are two things that bother me however the first is my general opposition to the death penalty, I see the need for retribution in some cases but I fail to see how this is achieved by multiplying the number of coffins involved. The second thing is that we, and by that I describe both the USA and the UK, promoted and supported this man for years, we nearly wet ourselves with joy when he began to make war on Iran where he did incalculable damage and wrought havoc while we capered gleefully at his behaviour.

We encouraged him in what he became and are, to a degree, culpable in his maintenance of power and I just find it distasteful that we should all be so pleased at the prospect of another death.

Answer 2

I am not sure how recent was the law statute 'crime against humanity' in the law books of Iraq.

In any case, it seems he was sentenced for the ordering the killing of 142 people. It seems to me that there is quite a difference between 142 people and a crime against humanity.

I am not saying he wasn't guilty of ordering the killing, I am just sceptical about the process.

We should also remember the initimidation his defence team was under, including a couple of his lawyesr who were killed...

I doubt the fairness of the whole thing.

So I would say that the court was wrong to reach any decision in the first place; trials get restarted for much less than what happened in the case of the trial of Mr Hussein.

Answer 3

Really the question should be

Now that all these lives have been lost freeing Iraq from dictatorship, should we have the right to question the sentence of the court that has been placed in the country.

If pressure/opinion changes the course of there decision then why have so many lost there lives.

It is a sovereign decision in a sovereign state, we know must abide by the rules that they are trying to enforce.

I find it hard to believe that anybody thought the outcome of the trial would be any different than a death sentence.

Answer 4

there are probable many Iraqi Kurds who think of it somewhat is the desirable determination and likewise many Shia Muslims, who additionally suffered under his Ba'ath party government. the subject is that maximum Sunni Muslims (different than for the Kurds) might evaluate him as a martyr. Execution is extremely no longer an decision. merely God has the potential of existence and dying, no count in case you're Muslim or Christian. existence imprisonment might effect in hostage taking to objective to rigidity his launch. He ought to succumb to a deadly coronary heart attack, yet after the dying of Milosevic this would be a sprint suspicious. i think of it somewhat is customary as being on the 'horns of a capture 22 venture.' The international community stood returned whilst the Ba'ath government gassed 5000 Kurds in Halabja. we are actually paying the fee. once I say 'we', I propose the western international and the persons of Iraq. despite handed off to forward questioning? From A to Z the attack on Iraq has been a finished disaster.

Answer 5

Yes, it was the right decision. It's too bad you can only die once, as this guy deserves to die multiple times. He played a direct role in the death of hundreds of thousands of people. It's odd that so many Muslims consider him a hero when he has more Muslim blood on his hands than anyone else in modern history. It might be interesting to give him to the Iranians. Something tells me they would come up with a much more creative death for him than hanging.

Answer 6

What rights are they using?
As a president of Iraq?
Or a dirty old man?
Or Ghost stories from the victims with "All for the money"

Answer 7

Two wrongs dont make a right. How will his death make any difference to what crimes he has committed, it wont bring anyone back. I believe locking someone away for life is a suitable punishment.

Answer 8

If this is the law in Iraq for what he did - yes. However, I do not support the idea of death penalty at all.

Answer 9

It is an imperfect decision in an imperfect Iraq so the question is a little weak.

Answer 10

really is this a joke or a real question. Of course they were right and he deserves to be punished. The question is now whether it is ok to give him a death penalty or life in prison