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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sat May 9, 2015, 03:39 PM May 2015

Egyptian court sentences ex-President Mubarak to three years in prison for corruption

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

An Egyptian court sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in prison on Saturday after a retrial for embezzlement.

Mubarak and his sons Alaa and Gamal were present in the caged dock, wearing suits and sunglasses. Mubarak’s lawyers may try to appeal the verdict.

They had already been sentenced to three years on the same charges but an appeal court overturned the original verdict.

It was not immediately clear whether the sentencing took into account time served. The three had all been arrested in 2011, months after Mubarak was toppled in a popular 18-day uprising after three decades in power.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/egyptian-court-sentences-ex-president-mubarak-to-three-years-in-prison-for-corruption/

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Egyptian court sentences ex-President Mubarak to three years in prison for corruption (Original Post) DonViejo May 2015 OP
If only our government had the intestinal fortitude... 47of74 May 2015 #1
What a joke JonLP24 May 2015 #2
Someone got paid for this deal. Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #3
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
1. If only our government had the intestinal fortitude...
Sat May 9, 2015, 11:47 PM
May 2015

...to bring certain crooks who were in our government to justice...

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
2. What a joke
Sun May 10, 2015, 01:34 AM
May 2015

They are handing down life sentences for showing up at a protest in rapid mass trials but can't even get more 3 years for Mubarak?

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