CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him, offering his opponents a measure of justice. But he and his two sons were acquitted of corruption in a verdict that did not satisfy public demands for accountability after what the chief judge called 30 years of "darkness" under the old regime.
Egypt's Mubarak sentenced to life in prison
Saturday, June 2, 2012 | 3:59 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:12 p.m. CDT, Saturday, June 2, 2012
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