The MidEast Memo
Will Egypt Hang Hosni Mubarak?
05/14/2011 9:21 AM
05/14/2011 9:21 AM
Hosni Mubarak got a bitter birthday present when Egypt’s justice minister said the former president could face the death penalty for the brutal crackdown on protests that ultimately pushed him from power. Mubarak, who turned 83 in failing health, is in detention at a military hospital while prosecutors investigate charges of corruption, abuse of state funds and the killing of roughly 800 protesters.
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