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Prosecutor Will Appeal Mubarak Verdict

Must appeal entire verdict, including life sentence

By the Associated Press

Posted Jun 3, 2012 8:42 AM CDT

(AP) – An Egyptian official says the top prosecutor will appeal the verdict in Hosni Mubarak's trial, which acquitted the former leader and his two sons on corruption charges and cleared senior police officers of complicity in killing protesters during last year's uprising. The prosecutor must appeal the entire verdict, which also included convictions and life sentences for Mubarak and his former security chief for failing to stop the killing of protesters in the uprising that ousted him.

Six top police commanders, who faced the same charge of complicity in killing protesters, were acquitted for what the judge said was lack of concrete evidence. The official spoke today on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.

Hosni Mubarak as a judge reads the verdict in on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012.
Hosni Mubarak as a judge reads the verdict in on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012.   (Anonymous)
Egyptian protesters shout slogans and wave a national flag in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. The 84-year-old Mubarak, the first Arab leader to be tried...
Egyptian protesters shout slogans and wave a national flag in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak...   (Amr Nabil)
Egyptian protesters shout slogans in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. The 84-year-old Mubarak, the first Arab leader to be tried by his own people, faces...
Egyptian protesters shout slogans in front of policemen outside the police academy courtroom as the country braces for a verdict in the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday,...   (Amr Nabil)
In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television,  84-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage as a judge reads the verdict in on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday,...
In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, 84-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage as a judge reads the verdict in on charges of complicity...   (Anonymous)
Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for his role in the killing of protesters during last year's revolution that forced him from power, a...
Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak lays on a gurney inside a barred cage in the police academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for...   (anonymous)
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Literally
Jun 3, 2012 9:41 AM CDT
I'm no lawyer, but maybe someone smarter can answer how this is legal. I understand that it's Egypt and not the US, but how can the prosecution appeal a verdict? Appealing the sentence OK, but appealing a verdict doesn't seem kosher.

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