Interest and Perspective

Last week, after receiving control of the prisons, Iraq executed 27 people. Considering the state of the Iraqi justice and political systems, I have a hard time believing those sentences are the result of full and fair proceedings. What rights did these people have at trial?

27 are hanged at Abu Ghraib in first mass execution since Saddam's fall
By Oliver Poole, Iraq Correspondent
August 9, 2006