Dead Pool
By Mitch Berg
As noted many times in this space, I oppose the death penalty for exactly one reason; the likelihood, across 50 states and thousands of counties and 300 million people, of executing an innocent person. As long as any chance of this exists, along with any acceptable alternate approach, capital punishment is to me morally unacceptable.
Presuming there’s a chance of innocence.
Which, I think almost everyone agrees isn’t the case with Hussein.
And I also usually eschew the ghoulish notion of the Dead Pool. But for Hussein, and in honor of my Kurdish friends who will no doubt be celebrating soon, let’s do it.
Pick the date and time of Hussein’s death. Leave it in the comments.
I pick 3PM Central time tomorrow. Not that I think it’s the most likely time, but these things seem to happen whenever the NARN gets off the air.
Your turn.
December 29th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Sunrise in Baghdad is 7:05 for their Saturday, so that would be about 10:05PM our time tonight.
Stick a fork in ’em
Flash
Centrisity.com
December 29th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
3pm CST today. The current flury of contradictory news reports seem to have “head fake” written all over them.
December 29th, 2006 at 2:12 pm
*snort*
Head fake. . .
December 29th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Well, I may as well play, too.
9 p.m. tonight. Central Time.
December 29th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Only 8 more minutes…
December 29th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
Damn! I was wrong.
December 29th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
A ha!
My estimate failed to take into account lawyers!
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/29/D8MAOAQ82.html
December 29th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Therefore, my new guess, taking into account all the legal machinations on this side of the pond, is that Hussein will hang at midnight Baghdad time on Feb. 13, 2067.
December 29th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
Hm. What ARE the current cites for the efficacy of US injunctions in foreign courts?
December 29th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
When Saddam was captured in December 2003, I got the call at 6:30 am on a Sunday morning.
Therefore, I will go with 6:30 am Central time on Sunday, December 31.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
According to MSNBC.com, I’m the winner.
December 29th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
I bow to you, oh Assman. You got skeelz.
At least I’m still dominating you in the Lenfestey thing.
December 29th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
Mind, I would have been much prouder to have won the Lenfesty “thing,” but I guess I can’t decline this honor, such as it is.