I'm not supporting Iraq or Saddam or anything, but what is the point of hanging him? can't they just hold him in prison?
2007-01-02 06:30:11 · 11 answers · asked by Night Owl 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
in the place that he lives they have no electric chairs and no lethal injections. nothing was gained i don't htink except they felt a little better without a pathyolgical killer on their hands. i asked my grandmother about it, it think she said he had some in laws killed and i think he killed his brother or something. i don't the whole story i'm not really into the whole thing. if you had a choice whether to kill him or leave him in the jail you worked in, would you kill him or torture him in jail for the rest of his life?
2007-01-02 06:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by gothica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They couldn't allow him to live because he could still sway public opinion from prison. The ruling government had to prove that they were, in deed, in control so they gave Saddam a trial and after finding him guilty, executed him. No matter what ones thought on this might be, credit has to be given to the government for showing restraint. Under these kinds of circumstances many ex-leaders have been strung up on the nearest tree immediately on being found or ripped assunder by horses or trampled to death. So all considered, Saddam got off easy, even by today's standards.
2007-01-02 06:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Lynn K 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think its more than anything to form more of a secure setting for the Iraq citizens and for the rest of the world. With Saddam still alive, plans could have still leaked into the outside and more atticks could have been promted. Also, why would we be paying to hold him in prison, that is expensive, when he killed SO many people. It is better this way, and less expensive.
2007-01-02 06:40:45 · answer #3 · answered by DiGi Momma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They could kept him in prison but their religion and laws said that hanging id the answer. I don't agree with capital punishment, but justice wins in many ways. He must have a severe punishment. If he was put in prison, some day he shall be out, more cruel and violent than ever.
2007-01-02 07:01:11 · answer #4 · answered by Butterfly girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He tried to kill daddy bush. They hung him so the body would be able to be recognized. They could have kept him in prison but they got tired of him hanging around.
2007-01-02 06:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question. Nothing was gained, and we've shown once again our true, brutish, nature. Human progress is but illusion.
2007-01-02 06:41:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is emotional. Perhaps, some Kurds, whom he killed earlier would feel relieved from his hanging.
2007-01-02 06:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Vijay_Srini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he could escape and continue to kill or hurt people
I think it would be more fair and cruel to torture him, but I guess it is too late now
2007-01-02 06:45:33 · answer #8 · answered by mak247mlh 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i agree, rotting in prison is a much more appropriate death sentence. now he is free as ever.
2007-01-02 06:38:21 · answer #9 · answered by rollindem20z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
teach the bath party a lesson, it backfired though.
2007-01-02 14:42:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋