22. The Butcher of Baghdad: Would you kill a dictator? - a podcast by BBC Radio

The former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was implicated in the killing of between 50,000 and 100,000 people.In 2006, he was sentenced to death by hanging for committing crimes against humanity.But do his crimes justify his death? Should we be writing him off as evil or is it worth trying to empathise with him? And does revenge actually make us feel good in the long run?

Warning: This episode contains strong language and descriptions of violencePresenters: Dr. Julia Shaw and Sofie HagenProducers: Louisa Field&Caroline Steel
Assistant Producer: Simona RataArtwork: Kingsley Nebechi
Music: Matt ChandlerSeries Editor: Rami Tzabar

Academic Consultants for The Open University:Dr. Zoe Walkington
Dr. Camilla ElphickCommissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
Commissioning Executive: Dylan HaskinsCommissioning Editor: Jason Phipps

Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a BBC Audio Science Production for BBC Sounds

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