The atheist's protest against the gallows for Saddam Hussein

His Eminence Cardinal Renato Martino hasn't persuaded me that Saddam Hussein ought not to hang, nor does Christopher Hitchens, in Slate, but his essay is a good read, as usual.  If the old murdering tyrant ends up being imprisoned on St Helena for the rest of his miserable life, however, I am not going to be outraged.