Although US-led coalition forces succeeded in taking de facto control of Iraq by April 2003, the whereabouts of deposed president Saddam Hussein remained unknown during the beginning of post-invasion occupation. The capture and prosecution of Saddam was an important piece...
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Sara Burhan Abdullah, Pitt Law LLM '08 and JD '11, was a judge at the Iraqi National Rounds for the Jessup International Moot Court Competition. She shares her impressions of Iraqi students and judges' performance... I was invited to judge...
Two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants also sentenced to death in the Dujail trial will be executed Thursday, according to an Iraqi government official. Former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and...
Former Saddam trial judge calls execution during Eid illegal under Iraqi law
Rizgar Mohammed Amin , the Iraqi Kurdish judge who presided over the Saddam Hussein Dujail trial before resigning in early 2006 over criticisms of his handling of the case, has said that...
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the trials of Saddam Hussein should continue and his death sentence in the Dujail case should be stayed at least until two other key proceedings against him...
Saddam defense lawyer meets with client, floats ending trial boycott
Khalil Dulaimi , chief defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , told Reuters Sunday he met with his client for seven hours and discussed a possible end to the defense boycott of the...
Khalil Dulaimi , chief defense lawyer for deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , said Sunday he had been notified by "the Americans" that defense lawyers for Hussein and his co-defendants would not be allowed access...
Saddam and defense lawyers continue boycott as trial resumes
The Saddam Hussein trial resumed in Baghdad Wednesday with Hussein, four co-defendants, and defense lawyers boycotting the proceedings in protest against the new chief judge. Ra'uf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman was named chief judge...
Saddam trial adjourned again after outbursts, walkouts, ejections
The Saddam Hussein trial resumed briefly Sunday under new Kurdish chief judge Ra'uf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman but was adjourned again after Hussein, defense lawyers, and two co-defendants left the courtroom protesting the earlier removal of...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Saddam court postpones next session until January 29
AP is reporting that the Iraqi High Criminal Court trying ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and co-defendants for crimes against humanity has canceled its session scheduled for Tuesday and has instead set January 29 as the...