Hosni Mubarak to Be Released From Jail
Still faces a retrial for complicity in murder charges stemming from 2011 protests
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be released from jail in the next 48 hours after a prosecutor cleared him of a corruption charge, his lawyer Fareed El-Deeb told Reuters.
Judicial authorities reportedly ordered Mubarak released in one of the remaining corruption cases against him.
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