Egypt: Officer Is Sentenced to 15 Years for Torturing Suspect to Death

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/world/middleeast/egypt-officer-is-sentenced-to-15-years-for-torturing-suspect-to-death.html?_r=0

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From: barry levine <levinebar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Subject: re: Egypt: Officer Is Sentenced to 15 Years for Torturing Suspect to Death
To: "letters@nytimes.com" <letters@nytimes.com>

To the Editor:

   Even as American pundits scoff that the Arab Spring didn't accomplish anything, I note that Egyptian torturers face prosecution under the law while torturers here are held above the law.   After the ethical Winter of Dick Cheney's "dark side", this country needs--if not a revolution--more than a breath of that Spring.

Barry Haskell Levine