Posted on January 8, 2007 by John Uebersax
Credit is due the mayor and people of Rome for speaking out against the death penalty.
As the Roman Colosseum is a place sanctified by martyrs’ blood, may the demonstration have the force of prayer.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,21023287-5005961,00.html
ROME lit up the arches of its ancient Colosseum at dusk overnight to protest against the death penalty after Saddam Hussein’s hanging, [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2007 by John Uebersax
I protest the planned use of capital punishment in the cases of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar.
Both men were convicted in connection with the killing of 148 men of the city of Dujail and with other reprisals against the civilian population of the city following a failed assassination attempt against Saddam Hussein in [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2006 by John Uebersax
We pursue here a logical analysis of the question: Should Saddam Hussein be granted clemency and not executed?
1. Argument from the Nature of a Head of State
It is unseemly to execute a former head of state. It violates the dignity of the office. Regardless of his or her offenses, a head of state represents [...]
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