Al-Hashimi was sentenced to death Sunday September 9th, today, for the involvement in the killing of a lawyer. He was an Iraq fugitive who was also charged for a bunch of other things, but the murder is the reason he was hung. There are many people saying that the charges are untrue and there were false accusations, but enough evidence was collected in order to "fairly" prosecute him. I believe there should have been more evidence collected that would actually prove his involvement. As of now, it is all a bunch of 'hey say, she say'. One thing that is for sure he was most certainly put to death for it. For the nations sake I for one really hope thats more evidence is collected that fot sure proved his involvement because if not this could all turn into another disagreement between the united states and Iraq. This could get ugly.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/09/world/meast/iraq-vp-death-sentence/index.html?c=weekend-homepage-t
Whether or not Al Hashimi deserved the death punishment is debateable. However what scares me is that the death penalty is still seen as an acceptional option.
ReplyDeleteDitto, Nyla. Did y'all know Texas is the most active death penalty state? I did an article about it for my Controversial Issues packet for AP English this summer. CRAAAZY.
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