I take it those who are so vehemently opposed to capital punishment think it is okay to murder unborn children?

Boaz: "Of all Sadaams crimes, his greatest one was to point people to Mohammed as a messenger of God with his dying breath."

Speaking of "codswallop"...

"Ask the Indians how many died due to Quran based Islamic invasions.
Ask the Assyrians how many died as a result of Quran based Islamic genocide. Ask the Jews how many tribes were decimated by Mohammed himself." - Boaz

... Yes, and the many Christian equivalents.

"Thou shall not kill". Christian, Muslim, or, no believer, respecting life is good advice.

Hess was in prison for life. That would have been a better model to follow.

Singapore can be a bit stifling to live there, as I have. There really is only one party and its MPs will sue critics at the drop of a hat. There is a speakers' corner, but, one needs a permit to use it!
Only Singapoeans can teach history. Not so long ago, the government paid people judged of lesser quality to be sterilised and set-up places were brighter couples could meet. Hong Kong is much freer.

Grey,

Can you say with absolute certainty, absolute, mind you, that not one innocent person has been executed in the US bwteen 1965-1999? ... not one?

TV News documentaries suggest DNA investigations indicate errors have been made.

Killing its citizens is why Saddam was prosecuted. Does it make any difference if is 20 or 20,000

The people of Kerala state in India went on strike for 3 hours in protest at the killing of Saddam Hussein on Saturday, suspicious the the American controlled court had not allowd a fair trial.

I think it was totally tacky to show the execution on Australian television news.

And I am no religious expert but I worry about executing Saddam Hussien during the time of the Haj. This action has shown great cultural insensitivity and turned a tyrant into a martyr as far as most of the world's population is concerned.

runner I think imprisonment without trial helps keeps Singapore streets "Clean".
Capital punishment does not deter nor does it punish. Crimes of passion will never be stopped, and premeditate crime is effected by the likelihood of being caught not the punishment. The US has lots of states that have the death penalty and have armed households, but those states do not show a decrease in those types of crime.