Saddam

FROG MAN wrote: i still dont think the death penaltie should even be around and remeber 100% of what i know about him is american propaganda, so i take it lightley

Um, K?

I believe Saddam's atrocities are pretty well internationally documented, and as far as the death penalties go, the Iraqi people have well earned their right to put that dog down. I believe that there are videos out there Saddam kept of using gas on newborn babies...he doesn't deserve to live...

And it's "penalty", "lightly" and "remember". .

I still don't favor death sentences.

Can I propose that this isn't really a "death penalty" at all?  Not in a justice system kind of way, anyway.

This is really a post-revolution/invasion dispose-of-the-old-leaders kind of thing.  Saddam is a POW more than anything else, despite the screwball "trials" they come up with.

His trial wouldn't pass muster under most legal systems - and you will recall that a big problem was to figure out what legal system to try him under.  And, of course, one of Saddam's defenses has a lot of legal merit:  He "is" Iraq, and it is therefore impossible for him to commit a crime under Iraqi law.  This principle has loads of precedent, and is deeply embedded in legal systems around the world, including the US.  Bush used a version of this to point out that it is impossible for the President to violate document secrecy rules.

Virtually every military action constitutes "murder" under civilian laws, yet is perfectly legal, because government action is generally exempt from civilian law.

Saddam has a very good point, which is (part of) why a lot of legal experts are laughing at the kangaroo court they put together for him.

Saddam's crime is really just being Saddam, and comparing this to regular murderers, legally speaking, is wrong, IMO.

choopie911 wrote: GI JOES SON wrote: they issued that over 30 days ago....they're never going to actually do it Um no, it was news this morning

it may have been mentioned on the news this morning but it was determined that it would done like that within 30 days at least a month ago, i remember hearing about it on the radio

i know saddam was a very bad man but i am opposed to the death penalty

Like i believe some people should be executed but as with Brihard i have problems with the legal side of it. Because who has the right to decide if a man should live or die?

nobody does... no matter what there would be bias.

like if we were to put down strict rules on certain conditions where the death penalty is imposed, There would be a separate trial once the person is convicted where it is decided exactly what crimes were done and how many times.... maybe a point system would be used where if someone has a certain amount of points they are executed.