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Saddam Sentenced to Death

Today Saddam Hussein received his sentence in the trial of the 1982 Crimes Against Humanity. His sentence was the death penalty, he is to receive death by hanging. Their is also another trial that has not started yet on genocide of thousands of people. Thousands of people reacted publicly to his sentence, the people in his hometown of Tikrit reacted in protest; they still believe that the belated president was a great person and does not deserve what he is going to get. While people in Baghdad celebrated by driving threw town honking and shooting off guns into the air. In the court room Saddam Hussein had outbursts during the reading of his sentence, he was talking about how "God is great." and when the judge ordered him to be removed from the courtroom he said, "Damn you and the court." and when one of the guards was walking him out he said," Don't push me, boy."

I think he will also get the death penalty for the genocide trial that is going to begin shortly, however I don't think he will stay alive long enough to be hanged. For one he is in his seventies and usually people wait on death row for twenty plus years. He will either die from old age, or he will be killed in prison which I don't think anyone will care if it happens and whoever does it should be given an award.

posted by Anonymous @ 11/05/2006 09:26:00 PM