Posted on 02/27/2007 10:20:38 AM PST by SmithL
A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to block the execution of Saddam Hussein's former vice president, saying he had no jurisdiction to step into the case.
U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman said agreeing to the motion brought by Taha Yassin Ramadan's lawyers would be tantamount to rejecting the verdict of an Iraqi trial court and accepting defense claims it was unfair.
Ruling from the bench, he said Ramadan wanted to force the U.S. to overturn the court's decision. Attorneys have called the case a show trial with no legal foundation but said the U.S. has no jurisdiction to review that process.
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So we should interfere in another nation's judicial system and its verdicts whenever we don't happen to like how it goes. Isn't exactly what the Left so often complains about? Is Ramadan a U.S. citizen at least?
Ramsey Clark is deeply disturbed"
Ramsey Clark was deeply disturbed 50 years ago..
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