Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the chief judge under his Baath Party regime followed him to the gallows early today, hanged for their roles in the killings of 148 men and boys after a 1982 assassination attempt, an Iraqi government spokesman said. Saddam Hussein's half-brother and the chief judge under his Baath Party regime followed him to the gallows early today, hanged for their roles in the killings of 148 men and boys after a 1982 assassination attempt, an Iraqi government spokesman said. One of the condemed man’s head was reportedly separated from his body during the hanging. No covert cell phone videos likely this time.