NEW : The Vatican opposes the death sentence as `` not the best way to promote reconciliation '' He did nothing wrong and the trial was unfair , his daughter tells CNN . `` He does n't have any hope , but he is really happy that we are OK , that we are doing fine , '' she said . Aziz was Iraq 's deputy prime minister from 1981 to 2003 . In a statement released by the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said that ``it is unacceptable for any human being who has committed an act of violence against another person or group of people in order to achieve
NEW : The Vatican opposes the death sentence as `` not the best way to promote reconciliation '' He did nothing wrong and the trial was unfair , his daughter tells CNN . Aziz was Iraq 's deputy prime minister from 1981 to 2003 . In a statement released by the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI said that ``it is unacceptable for any human being who has committed an act of violence against another person or group of people in order to achieve