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Saddam Witness: 148 Death Sentences ‘Fair’

A witness for one of Saddam Hussein’s co-defendants told the court on Monday that the death sentences handed down to 148 Shia men in 1982 for their alleged participation in an assassination attempt on Saddam were "fair." The witness, who spoke from behind a curtain to hide his identity, told the tribunal that all defendants were given the right to counsel and if they couldn’t afford a lawyer, one was appointed for them. Prosecutors at the Saddam Hussein trial had used the 1982 death sentences as an example of a "show trial."