BREITBART.COM - Iraq Court Upholds Saddam Death Sentence
In upholding the Saddam sentence imposed Nov. 5, the Supreme Court of Cassation also affirmed death sentences for two of his co-defendants, including his ...
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Iraq: Amnesty International deplores death sentences in Saddam ...
Iraq: Amnesty International deplores death sentences in Saddam Hussein trial ... The case is now expected to go for appeal before the SICT's Cassation Panel ...
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Taipei Times - archives
APPEAL DISMISSED: In upholding the sentence first brought down on Nov. 5, the Supreme Court of cassation also affirmed the sentences of Saddam's co- ...
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Opinio Juris Why Saddam's Execution Was Unlawful
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Life, The Universe ...: Amnesty International Denounces Saddam ...
Amnesty International Denounces Saddam Sentence ... The case is now expected to go for appeal before the SICT's Cassation Panel following which, ...
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Group: Saddam verdict ‘questionable’ - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
An appeals court is expected to rule on the verdict and death sentence by ... the right to appeal the verdict in a court of cassation,” Saddam’s chief ...
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Iraqi Tribunal Imposes Death Sentence on Saddam Hussein
“Chief prosecutor says appeals court to rule on Saddam's verdict and death sentence by mid-January,” AP, Nov. 6, 2006, http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp? ...
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Independent Online Edition > Middle East
An appeals court is expected to rule on the verdict and death sentence by mid-January. Saddam's defence team must present an appeal to a higher, ...
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Iraqi authorities pressuring appeal court to hang Saddam
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In America, Australia, or other English speaking countries, the Courts of Appeal or Appeals Court may consider both civil and criminal matters. However, the Appeal Courts in Iraq, Brussels, or France are used mainly for the appeal of civil matters. The highest court in these countries are called Court of Cassation. As the above reference would indicate.

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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-03-09 23:53:12 GMT)
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Or sometimes they may be called "the Supreme Court of Cassation".


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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-03-09 23:58:12 GMT)
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In a supreme court, the proving of facts is no longer heard by the panel of judges. What remains is the argument on legal issues or so called "the rules of law". I believe the translation into Chines of "审理“ means the re-examination of the "rules of law".