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This program follows the courtroom drama surrounding the trial of Iraq’s former president, revealing a tainted procedural that can be seen as a microcosm of the challenges and dysfunctions of forming the Iraqi government itself.
This program follows the courtroom drama surrounding the trial of
Iraq's former president, revealing a tainted procedural that can be
seen as a microcosm of the challenges and dysfunctions of forming
the Iraqi government itself. The divisions between Iraq's Shia,
Sunnis and Kurds throughout the country are represented in the
courtroom. The documentary closely examines, for the first time,
the full process of trying, convicting and sentencing Saddam
Hussein, highlighting the lawyers involved, the multiple judges who
presided over the case, the verdict and the sentence - execution.
With evidence of tampering and claims of mischaracterization of
justice, was this truly a model of judiciary practice for a
fledgling democracy?