The prosecutors sought to show that al-Bandar Sa'dun gave 148 Shi'ites only a cursory trial following a 1982 assassination attempt on Hussein in the town of Al-Dujayl.
The defendants were subsequently executed.
Hussein did not attend the court session.
The trial has adjourned until April 12.
(AP, AFP, Reuters)
Saddam Hussein Biography
Saddam Hussein Biography
For a timeline of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's life from his rise within the ranks of the Ba'ath Party and the Revolution Command Council to his regime's ruthless persecution of perceived enemies at home and abroad, click here.
