Posted on 11/03/2006 11:14:56 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
DEPOSED Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's sentence will be automatically reviewed by an appeals panel if he is convicted tomorrow of war crimes and sentenced to death or life imprisonment.
If these judges find grounds to question the judgment, Saddam will face another trial.
If not, the sentence imposed this weekend by the Iraqi High Tribunal will stand and be carried out within 30 days.
Saddam and his seven co-defendants were put on trial for the killing of 148 Shi'ite civilians from the town of Dujail, where the then president escaped an assassination attempt in 1982.
Under the statutes establishing the tribunal in December 2003, both the defence and the prosecution have the right to appeal the verdict.
But any defendant sentenced to death or life imprisonment automatically sees the judgment and the verdict submitted to a panel of nine judges.
Such an appeal would need to focus on an error in procedure or non-respect for the law, and would be heard by the appeals bench of the tribunal.
A successful appeal would lead to a new trial.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
THe way things are going, Saddam will die peacefully in his sleep of old age!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Just DO IT!!!
How times have changed,I wonder how many appeals saddam gave.
Only when it amused him to do so.
THIS is the option we all want.
Come on, Iraq, no more foot-dragging on this. Get 'er done.
I wonder how much attention the verdict will get in the media....
A lot, I suspect...
Tomorrow's the verdict. Give him one hour to appeal and then drag him into the court yard and hang him. A November surprise!!
Looks good!
I just hope it gets at least a two or three line story and maybe a little closer to the front than page A23 ;-)
Thanks!
Yes, at this rate, he will perish of natural causes first.
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