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Originally Posted by JV
I think some of you need to refresh your civics information 
The thing that sovereignty hinges on in the legal sense of the word is judicial superiority. If the current Iraqi court sytstem passes judgement on someone, even if it's after the conclusion of the appeals process, there is no higher authority in or outside of Iraq to strike it down or reverse the decision.
That's what the definition of a sovereign nation is. |
While I think Saddam is guilty as charged, it's obvious that his trial was fixed. Three quarters of the way through the trial, they removed the lead judge because they said he was favoring Saddam, i.e. they may have not gotten a conviction because this one judge seemed to believe the defense's arguments more than the prosecution. They were going to remove any judge who they thought may have found him not guilty.
You cannot put a deposed dictator on trial in his own country. In the history of such trials, has one ever been found not guilty? Instead, he should have been prosecuted by the World Court just like Milosivich and just like the Nazi war criminals. While I'm sure he would still have been found guilty, at least the trial would have been credible.