I enjoyed reading David Sardella’s letter Feb. 6. He hit the nail right on the head when he wrote, “I have been keeping track of the trial of Saddam Hussein, and I must say that it is quite comical.” I agree, wholeheartedly. Comical in a sick, pathetic way that smacks of injustice and unfairness toward all the thousands of innocent people Saddam tortured and murdered in horrific ways.

It is a breach of justice that Saddam is still alive. His outbursts in the courtroom, his walking out when he wants – after one of his tantrums – and refusing to come to court should not be allowed. Since when does the person on trial run the courtroom? It is funny in a frustrating and irritating way.

I believe in capital punishment, and I don’t feel that criminals should be treated in the cushy, namby-pamby ways that they are so often treated nowadays.

I found a verse in the Bible that I will end my letter with, though I know people say the Bible is old-fashioned and outdated. I feel it holds volumes of wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 reads: “Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”

How true that is.

Leah M. Robbins, Farmington