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What's next after Saddam's sentencing?
5.11.2006
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BAGHDAD, November
5, -- Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants have been
sentenced to death
for war crimes and crimes against humanity,
including murder, for the deaths of 148 Shiite
Muslims in Dujail.
A look at the next steps in the case:
APPEALS:
• A nine-judge panel will review the evidence to
determine if the convictions and sentences were
just. There is no time limit on how long the appeals
judges can consider the appeal, but a court official
told The AP that the appeal deliberations are likely
to take three to four weeks — once the formal
paperwork is submitted.
• If the appeals court upholds the sentences, they
must be ratified by President Jalal Talabani and the
two vice presidents, one a Sunni Arab. Talabani
opposes the death penalty but has, in the past,
deputized a vice president to sign an execution
order on his behalf — a substitute that has been
legally accepted. |
 
Former dictator Saddam Hussein (L), Barzan Ibrahim
al-Tikriti Saddam's half brother and former
intelligence chief
Photo : AFP |
• Once those steps have been taken, Saddam and the
others are to be hanged within 30 days.
OTHER TRIALS:
Saddam is also on trial for his crackdown against
Iraqi Kurds in the late 1980s, the so-called Anfal
case. Other cases also are being prepared against
him.
• Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi said the Anfal
trial against Saddam will continue while the appeals
court considers the verdict of death against him in
the Dujail case.
• If the appeals court upholds the death sentence
against Saddam in the Dujail case and the sentence
is ratified, all other cases against him would
cease, and he would be hanged within 30 days.
• The Anfal case would likely continue against the
other Anfal co-defendants — none of whom was charged
in the Dujail case.
AP
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