The End
Egypt's ex-President Hosni 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 verdict that caps a stunning fall from grace for a man who ruled the country as his personal fiefdom for nearly three decades.
A boy sells bread to a security forces member in front of the court house at the police academy in Cairo June 2, 2012. Hosni Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, returns to court on Saturday to hear a judge rule on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters.
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, June 2, 2012.
In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, scuffles break out in the courtroom after a judge read the verdict in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power. Mubarak's two sons Gamal and Alaa were acquitted on corruption charges.
A supporter of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stand in front of riot police outside the police academy, where his trial will take place, in Cairo June 2, 2012. Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, returns to court on Saturday to hear a judge rule on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters. The Arabic writing reads, " Don't give trial who's build history of Egypt."
A woman holds a picture of former president Hosni Mubarak outside the police academy where Mubarak is on trial in Cairo June 2, 2012. Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, returns to court on Saturday to hear a judge rule on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters.
Mohammed Ettan, 62, whose son died during Egypt's revolutions, holds a sign in front of riot police standing guard outside the police academy where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on trial in Cairo June 2, 2012. Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, returns to court on Saturday to hear a judge rule on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters. The sign reads: "Please Allah, good verdict for Egypt".
A man shouts anti-Mubarak slogans outside the police academy where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on trial in Cairo June 2, 2012. Hosni Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, will hear a judge rule on Saturday on whether he is guilty of graft and complicity in the killing of protesters.
Egyptians celebrate outside the police academy where deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on trial in Cairo June 2, 2012. Egyptians celebrated outside a court that sentenced Mubarak to life in prison on Saturday for complicity in killing protesters, but people inside the court who had wanted a death sentence scuffled with security guards.