Egyptian court overturns Hosni Mubarak's corruption conviction
An Egyptian appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of former president Hosni Mubarak on embezzlement charges and ordered a retrial.
Mubarak was sentenced last May to three years in prison after siphoning millions of dollars of state funds for his personal use. In a separate case, he was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 for allegedly orchestrating the slaughter of hundreds of political protesters, though an appeals court nixed that conviction as well.
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