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March 8, 2012

Egypt: Court Cancels Death Penalty for Sole Policeman Tried in Protest Deaths 
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An Egyptian court has overturned the death sentence of a policeman found
guilty of shooting 20 protesters during the uprising that forced
President Hosni Mubarak from power. Mohammed Abdel-Moneim was the only
officer who had been tried for the deaths of some 846 protesters during
the Mubarak regime's crackdown.



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