'When a dictator is finally convicted, the death sentence can seem to many the only adequate conclusive punishment. The crimes for which Saddam Hussein stands condemned are in all probability not the only crimes committed by him and his regime deserving adequate punishment. It is important that the justice process continue in what is still a fledgling democracy and that other sufferers and victims are not deprived of visible justice. The impact of death by hanging of Saddam Hussein on wider efforts to create and sustain a stable infrastructure in Iraq needs to be weighed seriously. So also does its impact on those who hitherto have supported him. They too must be participants in the new future.