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]

Thanks! You're the only one who agrees with me.

[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!!!

[wombat2u2004]

Thanks! You're the only one who agrees with me.

I think most people agree with you, I know that I most certainly do.
But of course we always have the soapboxers, and the dogooders who think they know all of the answers. I'm sure they are the highly vocal minority.
Everyone I have spoken to this morning in my Australian country town were all too glad of his execution....perhaps we are detached enough out here from the madness to see exactly what is right and what is wrong.
Wombat

[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.

[Edwina's Secretary]

But of course we always have the soapboxers, and the dogooders who think they know all of the answers.

I'm curious...is that as opposed to the dobadders who either DO know all the answers or do they also only think they know all the answers???

[Catty1]

bc - Iraq does not have the same laws pertaining to death that the US does...I remember news reports saying that once he (or anyone) is sentenced to death, that the sentence has to be carried out within thiry days. So that means he is not even around for his second trial (I wondered about this, but you can't kill someone twice).

There are two men charged with him who were to be hanged at the same time he was.

I think Death Row in Iraq is a pretty short one, from the little I have seen.

[Twisterdog]

bc - Iraq does not have the same laws pertaining to death that the US does...I remember news reports saying that once he (or anyone) is sentenced to death, that the sentence has to be carried out within thiry days. So that means he is not even around for his second trial (I wondered about this, but you can't kill someone twice).

There are two men charged with him who were to be hanged at the same time he was.

I think Death Row in Iraq is a pretty short one, from the little I have seen.

Not a bad idea at all, IMO.

[popcornbird]

Junescrater, when did I say killing him is inhumane?????????

Buttercup, when did I say I wanted him alive?????

I only said he's now in God's hands, God will deal with him in His supreme justice, AND, it makes no difference to me either way. I really don't care. It doesn't matter to me. He's dead, fine...he's dead. Its not like its going to end the war, or prevent other evil people in this world from harming innocent people.

Learn to read and understand the English language.

[wombat2u2004]

I'm curious...is that as opposed to the dobadders who either DO know all the answers or do they also only think they know all the answers???

Sometimes !!!!

[lizbud]

Videos of his hanging are already flooding the web.The onlookers
jeered & taunted Saddam right to the end. He left the world shouting
and he did look scared before the trap door opened.