Apparently when Ahmed Mansour Qurani Sharara was only 16 months old, he killed three people, took part in protests and damaged government buildings. For his alleged role in these criminal acts, Sharara, 3, was sentenced to life in prison alongside 115 others on February 16, 2016. The protests were in support of the ousting of President Mohammed Morsi.
To add insult to injury, once authorities realized their mistake they initially arrested his father in 2014 and attempted to pin the crimes on him. He was detained for four months before a judge released him. He has spent the the last year and a half on the run fearing another arrest.
Egyptian admitted in a Facebook past they made a gross mistake on this past Sunday.
An Egyptian military spokesman said Ahmed’s conviction was actually intended for a 16-year-old with the same name.
This gross oversight and strict ruling sheds light on the human rights violations in the African country. Nine United Nations experts in 2014 pointed out Egypt’s legal system is in need of reform. “Following the two mass trials, Egypt’s legal system is in critical need of being reformed, in line with international and regional standards,” the international experts stressed in a news release. “A failure to do so is likely to undermine any prospects for long-term reconciliation and justice in the country.”
On April 28, 2014, a group of 683 individuals were sentenced to death in Egypt, on charges related to the events in Al-Minya in August 2013. The verdicts were pronounced in the aftermath of a first round of mass death penalties imposed upon 529 individuals on March 24, 2014.
On March 31, 2014, they jointly together for the quashing of the 529 death sentences and for new and fair trials for all defendants.
“This is a continuing and unacceptable mockery of justice that casts a big shadow over the Egyptian legal system,” the UN independent experts urged.
