[2111USMC]

"From the time any verdict is handed down there is an automatic appeal to a nine-judge panel," said one source close to the tribunal. "They can take as long as they want over whether to dismiss the appeal but if they do, then under Iraqi law the sentence must be carried out within 30 days."

[mplsconservative]

Thank you for clarifying. I was under the belief that the penalty was immediate.

Guess, I should read the article. Sorry for my ignorance.