Ali Hassan al-Majid receives his second death sentence

Also known as Chemical Ali, Majid newly recieved his second death sentence. Majid was Saddam Hussein's defence secretary and also his cousin. He was sentenced to be hanged for genocide and the killing of over 100,000 people durring the 1988 Anfal campaign against Iraq's Kurds. Witnesses in the trial reported that they would kill people and families by throwing them out of helcopters. The judged sentenced him to be hanged for murder and crimes against humanity. He got his name Chemical Ali because he ordered poisonous gas attacks on innocent people. He was due to be hung June 2007, but because of legal battles he remains live in american custody.