Swift capital justice for Saddam

At CNN.com here, there is lots of coverage of the execution of Saddam Hussein (including video of the noose being placed around Hussein's neck).  Here is how the lead article begins: "Defiant to the end, Saddam Hussein mocked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moments before he was hanged, a witness said Saturday. The Iraqi government executed Hussein as punishment for his conviction of a 1982 massacre, more than two decades before he was toppled by a U.S.-led invasion."

For some blogosphere coverage, check out TalkLeft and Althouse and Instapundit.  My own reaction is to wonder whether all the US states struggling with lethal injection protocols might start seriously talking about hanging as an alternative.

UPDATE:  A helpful reader has sent me US District Judge Kollar-Kotelly's interesting little opinion (available below) denying Saddam Hussein's application to stay his execution.  The opinion concludes that "this Court is without jurisdiction to entertain his petition for a writ of habeas corpus."

Download saddam_hussein_opinion.pdf