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Justice is not about revenge.
The death penalty is outrageous and makes the state as bad as the people it prosecutes for murder.
While someone has a breath in them they have the capacity for restitution or remorse.
Yes, Sadam was a tyrant and a blight on humanity, yet killing him is going to help nobody. Furthermore while he is alive he is a living monument to the pain and suffering he caused, while he is incarcerated he is being punished for his crimes.
However, I can't stop wondering how the people responsible for giving him the arms and propping him up during his rise to power aren't under arrest too ? There was a time where political expediency led to more than one western country equipping this man to wreak havoc on his people and region.
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