Meanwhile The Independent in the UK says Hussein has, in a "perverse" way, benefited from the trial that condemned him to death by hanging.

CNN: Highlights from the world's press

Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants were sentenced Sunday to death by hanging for their role in the deaths of 148 villagers from the town of Dujail, where torture and executions followed a failed assassination attempt on Saddam in 1982.

NPR: Saddam Ordered to Hang for Deaths in Iraqi Village