Baghdad, Iraq, -- Jaafar Al-Mosawi, chief
prosecutor of the trial of former Iraqi president
and dictator Saddam Hussein, said on Monday if the
death penalty against Hussein was executed, it would
be hanging until death and not by a firing squad.
“It is a civil court not a military one,” said Al-Mousawi,
eliminating any legal exception due to the issue of
age.
He added that in case of a final verdict, the
execution can be activated within 30 days.
Al-Mousawi said the next court session will be in
mid-October to review the case documents. He
predicted that the last court session will be on Oct
26, 2006.
Saddam Hussein had asked the court judge in the
previous hearing for an execution by a firing squad
and not by hanging, based on claims that he was a
“military man” and should die in a military way.
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Former dictator Saddam Hussein
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