Saddam....30 days and counting

[buttercup132]

I thought hanging was illegal? Isn't that why there is death row for criminals (Dosent it mean they are in jail till they die?) Sorry to change the subject but I'm confused.

[junescrater716]

I thought hanging was illegal? Isn't that why there is death row for criminals (Dosent it mean they are in jail till they die?) Sorry to change the subject but I'm confused.

Not for him it isn't. lol They were scared that someone would break him out. Since he was one of the most hated men around, I guess they had no choice but to hang him. He lucky he didn't get the electric chair. Ouch!!!

[buttercup132]

Enough said. This war has killed way too many innocent people for me to care about this. Killing Saddam isn't going to bring anyone's loved ones back. It isn't going to bring back the people he killed. It isn't going to bring back the thousands of innocent Iraqi children, or mothers, or fathers, that the US bombs killed. It isn't going to serve any purpose

No it won't but don't you think that some how he would get out of jail? Don't you feel just a little better that he is gone and can't in any way hurt anyone anymore? I agree with the war has gone too far too and killing him will not help with anythign to do with that but what would be the point in keeping him alive? So him and his worshippers could figure out a way to set him free?

Not for him it isn't. lol They were scared that someone would break him out. Since he was one of the most hated men around, I guess they had no choice but to hang him. He lucky he didn't get the electric chair. Ouch!!!

So did the people who hung him get charged with murder?
And is what is death row is it what I said?

[GreyhoundGirl]

Actually, I believe that hanging and death penalty and things like that aren't illegal in some countries. Most? Yes. All? no.

[junescrater716]

Enough said. This war has killed way too many innocent people for me to care about this. Killing Saddam isn't going to bring anyone's loved ones back. It isn't going to bring back the people he killed. It isn't going to bring back the thousands of innocent Iraqi children, or mothers, or fathers, that the US bombs killed. It isn't going to serve any purpose

It won't bring them back but now he can't hurt any more innocent people thats why they killed him so he couldn't hurt any MORE people.

[zippy-kat]

Isn't that why there is death row for criminals (Dosent it mean they are in jail till they die?)

No, death row is where prisoners are waiting execution.

Edit: Well, in a sense I guess you are right.... they are waiting for death, only it isn't from old age but injection, electrocution, etc.

[cyber-sibes]

... they are waiting for death, only it isn't from old age but injection, electrocution, etc.

Except here in the States - where a criminal convicted by a jury of his peers can sit in a cell for decades, going through appeals, and finally die after having lived in prison (at taxpayers' expense) to a ripe old age.
Justice was served quickly. Personally, I don't have any problem with the "death sentence", because I believe in an after-life: you can't destroy a soul's energy, it just gets transformed. Sure, Saddam has to say bye-bye to this world, but he'll manifest somewhere else - like standing for judgement before the all-powerful Creator.