Egyptian Christians Decry Murder Case Ruling

By Ethan Cole
Christian Post Reporter
Sun, May. 31 2009

Christians in Egypt are upset over a court ruling this past week that sentenced police officers to only five years in prison for the murder of a Coptic man when similar cases would result in life imprisonment or execution.

The family of the slain man accused the court of issuing a lenient sentence and is considering appealing the court ruling on grounds of an error in the application of the law, according to Assyrian International News Agency.

The legal team says the charge should have been classified as “deliberate and premeditated killing,” but instead the officers were indicted for “assault leading to death.” the rest