…a sentence of life imprisonment.

Probably a rather short sentence, considering that the former president is 84 and ill.

Predictably, protests erupted from some Egyptians wanting blood. The protestors, of course, are vocal and loud and get a lot of coverage. Others are satisfied with the verdict, and I can’t get an idea of their relative numbers.

Here’s more; although the verdict was life, Mubarak and the others were found guilty of only some of the milder charges:

Watched by tens of millions on live television, the judge, Ahmed Refaat, declared that neither Mubarak nor any other defendants in the so-called “trial of the century” were responsible for ordering the lethal assault by security forces last January and February that left almost a thousand demonstrators dead, and that the toppled autocrat and his former interior minister Habib al-Adly were guilty only of not using their high political office to put a stop to the bloodshed.

All other charges, which included profiteering and economic fraud, were dismissed, allowing key members of Mubarak’s family and security apparatus ”“ including his two sons Gamal and Alaa and several top security officials ”“ to walk free. Legal experts claimed the ruling left Mubarak’s life sentence “wide open” to appeal, and political analysts said the outcome was a victory for the deep state and a sign of the old regime reasserting its grip over the country.