From NYTimes.com: "Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death"

That trial was a zoo, if I ever saw one.

Finally the trial is over.

Not really. We've americanized them enough that this will have to be reviewed by an appellate court; and it will be another month before that happens.

I say find the highest tree and get it over with.

We should of cut the snakes head off when he was found , We may of had a better control of the situation in Iraq by now IMO .

I am not a believer in the death penalty. He should be made to wish he were dead until he does actually die.

To do so would mean some kind of torture involved as otherwise, how worse can you get than living in a hole with the world after you? I do not condone torture, no matter what reason.

That would not have made a difference. Who ever thought we could invade a country and make a people who hate us love us was a total and blithering idiot.

The only way for us to control a country like Iraq would be to bomb the hell out of it, and that just isn't necessary for our security.

It would make a nice "ant farm".

I am not talking about physical torture. Keeping him locked in a little cell with no sunlight and human contact works for me, however. I do not condone murder, no matter what the reason.

Right there with you.. Murder is murder. No matter if the population or the elected officials justify that death. It is rather barbaric when thinking about it. Though one has to acknowledge that society is one messed up place when death is a legal punishment for those who are so heinous in their own right that others would decree his life be taken. What's worse? Those who justify it or that someone's actions are so bad that they would elicit such thoughts of his ending.

Those who justify it are far worse because they are the majority. Those who commit despicable and horrendous crimes against others are in the minority.

Killing is in our nature but killing other people is not. Well not for most of us. Though while we are not the actual person who pulls the trigger or flip the switch on a fancy electric chair. People are able to cope with executing someone by dehumanizing them and their acts. Perhaps the exact same thing that person did when he carried out unspeakable acts.

So killing someone goes beyond just punishment, it is getting into the same mindset of a killer and taking their life as a result. The true show of restraint and civilized thought would be to condemn him to an alternative punishment other than death. Still today is today, just like yesterday and the millions of days before that.

I don't believe that we will ever evolve to the point of loosing our taste for revenge.

I don't think we should be there but we should have got rid of him when we found him. This has just started another mess.

Eye for an Eye !

Why should tax payers pay to house,clothe and feed a convicted criminal that committed murder? I'm for the death penalty in cases where proof can be determined without doubt and with dna evidence to back it up.

I'm with you Amy , they get free dental care , health care , 3 meals , computers , free schooling, ect..............
I know my ass is tired of paying for these animals !
They did a study here , and it costs $50-100 thousand PER inmate to house a year , and they have rights ??? No way if you can not abide the rights out side , you loose all rights when inside ! Thats what I was taught in school .

Everything isn't about a dollar. We should do it because we know that taking the high road is best, even though it isn't always desirable. That is what should separate us from the criminals.

My method is much cheaper. If you are convicted of some horribly violent crime, you should be locked in a tiny cell with no windows, and two basic meals a day. If you want more than that: tough.