Iraq court delays ruling on ex-VP Ramadan to Feb 12

BAGHDAD, Jan 25 (Reuters) An Iraqi court put off a decision today on whether to accept an appeal court recommendation that former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan be executed, adjourning until February 12.

The court had been expected to decide whether to accept the recommendation to toughen Ramadan's sentence from life imprisonment to the death penalty for crimes against humanity.

Ramadan was convicted in November after being tried with Saddam Hussein and several other defendants for the killing of 148 Shi'ite men and boys from Dujail after a failed assassination attempt in 1982.

Saddam and two other defendants have already been hanged.

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