I agree with nox on this. For starters, death is far too quick a solution for someone who has taken so many lives. Prison, hard labour and life on only the very basic of provisions. Then perhaps recordings of the voices and cries of the families he destroyed piped into his cell every day. But is this feasible? Probably not. But, I don't believe that taking Saddam's life will accomplish anything in a positive sense. In ancient times and in some countries even today, people like him were / are made to walk among the bereaved, who then stone the murderer. But again, what does this achieve? A brief moment of revenge for the families? Nobody can bring their sons and daughters back. Nobody can give them their "normal" life back again. And as much as we may not like it, many Iraqis see the British and American soldiers and politicians as murderers. So where does it all end? I don't know what the solution is. Saddam will remain a negative and dangerous influence on daily life, whether he hangs or not!