Capital punishment in Iraq
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Capital punishment in Iraq was commonly used by Sadam Hussein to suppress political dissents. There were 114 crimes punishable with death. After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. administrator, L. Paul Bremer, suspended capital punishment, declaring that "the former regime used certain provisions of the penal code as a means of oppression, in violation of internationally acknowledged human rights."
In May of 2005, capital punishment was reinstated in Iraq. The government hopes it will help quell the insurgency that claims the lives of more than 600 people each month [citation needed].
27 "terrorists" were executed by the Iraqi government on September 6, 2006, for high crimes against civilians.[1]
On November 5th, 2006, Sadam Hussein himself was sentenced to death by hanging for war crimes.[2]
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