"Absolutely, the crime of killing protesters could lead to a death sentence if there is convincing evidence," the justice minister told Egyptian daily Al-Ahram in response to a question on whether Mubarak might be executed.
The 82-year-old former strongman is in police custody in a hospital in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, after reportedly suffering a heart attack during questioning.
Earlier this month, the head of Cairo's appeals court, Zakaria Shalash, said Mubarak may face execution after a trial he expected to last at least a year. He said testimony by Mubarak's former interior minister Habib al-Adly, himself on trial for ordering the shootings of anti-regime protesters, would make Mubarak an accomplice if proven.
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