FACTBOX-Sentences in trial of Saddam Hussein
Source: Reuters
(Adds verdicts were unanimous) Nov 5 (Reuters) - Following are the sentences handed down on Sunday to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants who were charged in connection with the killing and torture of hundreds of Shi'ite villagers after a 1982 assassination attempt in Dujail. An eighth defendant was freed. The chief judge said all the verdicts and sentences were given unanimously by the five judges in the case. * SADDAM HUSSEIN: - DEATH BY HANGING for wilful killing - 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population - 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law - SEVEN YEARS for torture - ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons - SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature * TAHA YASSIN RAMADAN: - LIFE IN PRISON for wilful killing - 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population - 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law - SEVEN YEARS for torture - ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons - SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature * BARZAN IBRAHIM AL-TIKRITI: - DEATH BY HANGING for wilful killing - 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population - 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law - SEVEN YEARS for torture - ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons - SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature * AWAD HAMED AL-BANDER: - DEATH BY HANGING for wilful killing * ABDULLAH KATHIM RUWAID, ALI DAYIH ALI AND MIZHIR ABDULLAH KATHIM RUWAID: - 15 YEARS for wilful killing - 10 YEARS for deportation/forcible transfer of population - 10 YEARS for imprisonment or other severe deprivation of liberty violating norms of international law - SEVEN YEARS for torture - ACQUITTED of charges relating to enforced disappearance of persons - SEVEN YEARS for other inhumane acts of similar nature The terms are to be served concurrently. * MOHAMMED AZAWI ALI - RELEASED because of insufficient evidence, after prosecutors recommended that all charges be dropped.
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