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Originally Posted by loco12
Am I the only one who thinks he should NOT be sentenced to death?
A dead martyr is much more potent than a jailed criminal.
His death is likely to result in a much higher state of alert with increased bombings in Iraq with the loss of many more troops.
Although not supported by all, Saddam has a very big following and this puppet government would have found him guilty and sentenced him to death even if Mother Tereasa and the pope had acted as charactor witnesses.
A bad call IMO.
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Sarah made a very intelligent point about him being the focus of attempted hostage exchanges, etc.
Even though we'd never give him up, it wouldn't stop people from trying.
They'd be kidnapping journalists left and right (even more so than now), in attempts to gain bartering chips to recover Saddam.
Sarah - I, too, am not in favor of the death penalty simply because the justice system is not without imperfections. I'd rather 1000 people who deserve death would get life in prison, rather than see 1 innocent man sentenced to death.
Last week or so, a particularly gruesome rape conviction from 1981 was overturned thanks to DNA evidence that is available thanks to (new-to-1981) technology.