Egypt
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LAWS OF EGYPT
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Background
Type of System
Sources of Defendant's Rights
Defendant's Rights
Pre-Trial
Trial
Post-Conviction
The accused, his counsel, and the public prosecutor have the right to appeal against a judgment of a court of first instance, except against a judgment of acquittal or a dismissal of all charges which relates to a matter of the inappropriate application of law, and a judgment under express procedures (Articles 67 and 233 Law of Criminal Procedure). The accused or the public prosecutor may also lodge a petition for cassation to the Supreme Court with regard to a judgment in a criminal case, rendered at last resort.
Moreover, the Law of Criminal Procedure provides the possibility for a convicted person or his heirs to submit a request to the supreme court to reconsider a final judgment (except for an acquittal or dismissal of charges), on the following grounds: new circumstances which give rise to a strong presumption that if they would have been know at trial, the outcome would have been an acquittal/dismissal; the matter or the circumstances founding the judgment are evidently mutually contraddictory; or clear mistake of the judge or manifest error.
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QUICK FACTS
- 2009 Prison Population: 64,378 prisoners including pre-trial detainees and remands.
