Was this justified?

http://sicweb.blogspot.com/2006/12/vido-intgrale-mort-de-saddam-hussein.html

http://sicweb.blogspot.com/2007/01/saddam-la-morgue-nouvelle-vido.html

Despite Saddam Hussein will be remembered as one of the most brutal assassins of the XX century, I guess a life sentence term in jail would have been better for Iraq to promote its image of democratic country where people are trialed and received a sentence for their crimes rather than seeing these images of hatred and revenge.