do you think saddam should get the deathpenatly?
404068
a better punishment would be to lock him up for life in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in an undisclosed location. There he could spend the rest of his days dwelling on his crimes and be judged by god when he dies. It would be worse to spend 25 years in solitry confinment than to be gone.
49341
O! c'mon guys! We are talking abt a human here .I dont have any sympathy with Saddam whatsoever. But he is a human being, or at least we should remember that we are. so let just say that he should be punished for his deeds but that's not for us to decide.
916961
Yes absolutely, he ordered hundreds of thousands of Kurds to be gassed to death. He was sadisitic and had two awful sons who would rape and torture at will. My only concern is that hanging Saddam will just inflame the situation in Iraq as it will make him a martyr and will annoy his followers
649774
I'm glad he didn't get the death penalty. It is ultimately what he would want. A chance to be martyred buy the American war machine. I hope he rots.
703052
Ummm... if you've been watching the news he has all ready been prosecuted. He is going to be hung. \n\nShould he be prosecuted for killing 148 people who supposedly tried to assasinate him? I think it depends if the people actually tried to assasinate him.\n\nAnd that is just one of the crimes he has commited. \n\nHow ignorant of people to blame Bush for everything! If you haven't done you're research don't make generalizing comments. Saddam is being judged by an Iraqi Court, not an American one.
807513
No. It is Al Qaida which was fuelling Saddam's hatred against the USA. His death will not deter them as they are a Jehadi suicidal group. Their total annihilation should be at the top of the agenda for war against global terrorism. His death might herald democracy and 'Limited government' under a lasting Constitution towards which the progressive Muslims should strive.
848781
Yes, anyone who kills themself should be executed.  Not only that, they should be made to pay to clean up the mess.
408295
No. He would deserve the Death Penalty! Go, Texas!
677353
I think he should have gotten the death penalty. But, then, that would make him a martyr, which we do not need.\nBut, what scares me, is that he will be paroled after 10 or 15 years, by our liberal government.  They will take pity on him, and consider him to be an abused immigrant, and will be freed.
846183
I'm watching CNN, and he has been sentenced to death by hanging!\n\nIf Saddam is killed Iraq could decend into civil war. There is a appeals process, so it could be a while.\n\nI REPEAT HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
865735
saddam hussein DESERVES death. he killed thousands people, he used chemical weapons against iranians and kurds. \nso does Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and other men who are waging war in Iraq. They also deserves death. They killed much more innocents than Saddam. If saddam deserves to be hanged, why don't they?
274286
Well, I'm sure many of us do... after all, Saddam doesn't have the best reputation in the worldwide community of us "ordinary Joes".\n\nBut I, for one, am glad the soldier didn't pull the trigger.  Little doubt the thought crossed his mind for at least a microsecond, LOL!!  I'm not crazy about the man either.  But I am a huge fan of giving someone a fair trial, no matter how horrible the charges are against him.  That, after all, is a keystone of the American democracy.  Remember, England had an oppressive Court system that sat at the Palace of Westminster from 1487 to 1641 known as the Star Chamber.  Court sessions were held in secret, with no indictments, no right of appeal, no juries, and no witnesses. Evidence was presented in writing, and counsel was mandatory.  Even after the abolishment of the Star Chamber, the British subjects were still subjects to religious persecution, excessive taxes and unfair court systems with harsh punishments.  It was these kinds of oppressive conditions that led to the founding of the United States.  These colonials had grown tired of the oppression and sought to create a new land with a new and fair government, free of the tyranny of the King.  A new republic was born through war and struggle, a republic where freedom and a democratic ("of the people") society could live.  If we are there in Iraq to promote democracy, then we need to show examples.  \n\nThat soldier made the lesson crystal-clear by allowing Saddam's fate to be decided in a court, not a spider hole.
529579
Yeah I'm happy with it.  Let him rot.  If he got death it would have been the easy way out and he would've become a "Martyr" in the mind of his misguided islamic extremist buddies.\n\nHe'll be forbidden to have any human contact (except with guards) and caged in a small cell for the rest of his life.  Good riddance.
459512
The trial is the way to go. I know it is a pain to watch this thing drag out. We've got to give the Iraqi people a chance to develop their democracy. This is a great exercise in controlling impulses to just kill someone with out a trial. The people of Iraq need this to know that if the worst among has been treated fairly then if they go to court they will also be treated fairly.\n\nIt sure would have been great to kill him in the short run, but in the long term success of Iraq as a free nation this is the way it has to happen.
791975
His reign of terror is finally over, but at least he has been put to death, which is almost too good for him, his victims were tortured first usually, then death if they were lucky. Its' his countries way of dealing with people like him, so hang he must. I say one less madman in the world.Just my humble opinion.
894019
Absolutely. The death penalty should be administered to anyone denying the existence of God.\n\nOnce of course, his existence is proved.\n\nOver to you Heinz!!
920052
I like your line of thinking but I don't know who your talking about.\nIf your talking about saddam... I'd like to see him suffer a little before his death.\nIf your talking about a child molester your death sentence will fit them justly.\nGruesome executions like that may act as a deterrent for criminals. Lord knows jail doesn't scare them any longer. The hardened criminals are fighting to get back behind bars in the U.S.