Under Iraqi law, the government must carry out the executions within 30 days after the appeals process has been exhausted.
Al-Majeed earned his nickname for atrocities committed in the Anfal campaign during the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war. In the scorched earth attacks, poisonous gas and chemicals were used against the Kurds.
What CNN is not saying is that Chemical Ali was convicted of USING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! Duh!
Note: Chemical Ali is the spitting image of Saddam himself!