4 AM ET: The first defendant has now been brought into court into Iraq:
Chief Judge Raouf Adbul-Rahman called for defendant Mohammed Azawi Ali to be brought into court first. He was a Baath Party official in Dujail and is one of the lesser-known defendants. The order in which the defendants were being called indicated Saddam would be last.
4:07 AM ET: One defendant found not guilty, several others convicted:
Chief Judge Raouf Adbul-Rahman called for defendant Azzawi to be brought into court first.
He was a Baath Party official in Dujail and is one of the lesser-known defendants.
Former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan received a life sentence.
Three other Baath Party officials were sentenced to 15 years in jail for willfull killing.
The judge also sentenced them to seven years each for torture but they will serve the sentences concurrently.
4:09 AM: Saddam found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam starts yelling in response.
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