Saddam Hussein and two of his aides were executed by the Iraqi government within weeks of being sentenced to death for the killing of 148 civilians in the Iraqi city Dujail. Saddam was hanged a mere 56 days after his sentencing — so quick, in fact, that it necessitated the dropping of a separate case charging Hussein with the murders of some 100,000 Kurds.
The average length of stay on U.S. death is up to 12.86 years for current inmates (as of Oct, 2006). Capital punishment is officially sanctioned in 38 of the 50 states, although court appointed doctors are consistently questioning the ethics.
Last month in Florida, it took Angel Diaz 34 minutes to die in a botched execution that left him talking and gasping for air for a good 11 minutes. The last execution in California was that of 76-year-old Clarence Ray Allen, a blind, wheelchair-bound man who spent 26 years on death row.
So what’s this about “dignity” Ms. Rice?
Wire reports fail to adequately reflect Rice’s halting and uncomfortable statement to Middle East diplomats in Egypt. So I’ve…um…. posted…the…uh… audio… below.
footnote: U.S. taxpayers are spending about $2 billion per week on the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Estimates vary, but it costs hundreds of millions annually to keep inmates on death row in the U.S.
photo of Condi shirt in China from J-Hob’s flickr
x-posted at Pop + Politics.
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Funny this outrage. I had to wonder where all the liberals were when the genocide against the Kurds and the Marsh Arabs was being conducted by Saddam.
Now you're angry!
Hypocrites.