By the NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 10:44 a.m. EST Saddam May Escape Hangman's Noose Saddam Hussein waited until the last minute before filing an appeal to his death sentence, and frequently delayed his trial with verbal tirades. It all makes sense considering a little-reported Iraqi law, which bars the execution of anyone age 70 and above. Saddam turns 70 in April. On November 5, Saddam was sentenced to hang after being convicted of ordering the deaths of 148 Shiites in the village of Dujail in 1982. He is still on trial on...