Is Saddam the first to receive the death penalty without actually in the first person committing the crimes, the 148 deaths he's charged with were carried out by his general, but did Saddam do the actual killing, in the US you couldn't get death penalty for orders?
2006-12-29 14:22:08 · 9 answers · asked by bf2sp_2005 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Figure it out for yourself. The last minutes of Saddam Hussein were as follows:
Saddam (as the noose is put around his neck): Ya Allah (Oh God).
Someone in the audience: Mercy be on those who pray for Mohammed and the household of Mohammed. (Everyone repeats the prayer, including Saddam.)
Executioner and two people in the audience: And hasten his return (the Mehdi), curse his enemy and grant victory to his son, Muqtada, Muqtada, Muqtada! (This is a common Sadrist chant.)
Saddam (smirking): Muqtada?
NSA Muwafaq Al-Rubai'i: To Hell!
Saddam: (laughing)
Prosecutor Munqidh Al-Far'awn: Please, no.
Muwafaq Al-Rubi'i: Long live Mohammed Baqir Al-Sadr!
Someone in the audience: To Hell!
Saddam (solemnly recites the Shahada prayer): I witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Mohammed is the messenger of Allah. I witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Mohammed is the- (trap door is opened).
Audience: Prayers for Mohammed and the household of Mohammed.
Someone: The tyrant has fell. May Allah's curse be upon him.
Someone: No. No. Stay back.
Someone: Leave him for 8 minutes. Don't take him down.
Someone: Everyone. Stay back.
2007-01-01 03:03:41 · answer #1 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither did most of the Nazi's executed after WWII. By the way that isn't in the US and the deaths he was charged with were crimes against humanity which brought about the death penalty.
2006-12-29 22:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by Nobody Special 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, did you ever hear of a little thing called the Nuremberg trials? Nazi war criminals were put on trial and hanged for ordering and over seeing the holocaust many of them never personally killed any Jews.
And yes you can get the death penalty for ordering someones killing in the US. You can get the death penalty for espionage or treason as well.
2006-12-29 22:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by Daz2020 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course you do, if you hire someone to kill someone, you can get the death penalty and not acutally do the killing
Also if you are a bank robber and the security guard in trying to stop you, the guard shoots a customer. The bank robber can be charged with that murder because it happened as a result of the robbery, and get executed.
2006-12-29 22:55:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can get the death penalty for ordering someone's death - it's called "conspiracy."
2006-12-29 22:41:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can be executed for giving orders. Conspirators, mafia bosses, and many others have faced capital punishment. And in war crime trials, any officer can be found guilty and executed.
2006-12-29 22:52:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was tried by an Iraqi court according to Iraqi law in Iraq. What does that have to do with US law? Please explain.
2006-12-29 22:25:44 · answer #7 · answered by AK 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Saddam is dead!
Jesus Akbar
2006-12-29 22:25:55 · answer #8 · answered by jesuscuresislam 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
get over it
2006-12-29 22:25:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋