Egypt's Mubarak Acquitted in Final Ruling on 2011 Deaths
Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sits in the defendants cage in Cairo, on May 9, 2015.
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Cairo (AP) -- Egypt's top appeals court issued a final ruling Thursday that effectively acquits former President Hosni Mubarak on charges of killing protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his nearly three-decade reign.
The Court of Cassation rejected an appeal by prosecutors, allowing an acquittal verdict from 2014 to stand. The judge also rejected a civil petition for compensation from families of some of the hundreds of protesters killed during the 18-day Arab Spring uprising.