In photos: Egypt erupts as Hosni Mubarak dodges death penalty and murderous police escape jail
THEY wanted him dead. The Egyptians who massed in Tahrir Square ,Cairo, heard the country’s former President, Hosni Mubarak, sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. The 84-year-old escaped the gallows. His two sons, Gamal and Alaa Mubarak, were acquitted of corruption charges, but still face separate trial on charges of insider trading. Egypt’s former interior minister Habib al-Adly has also been jailed for life. Six ex-police commanders were acquitted. They were – as it says – only obeying orders.
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Egyptians gather at Tahrir Square in Cairo to call for a new revolution in Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. The ousted president and his sons were acquitted, however, of corruption charges in a mixed verdict that swiftly provoked a new wave of anger on Egypt's streets. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson)
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