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this year. there you can see him. it s an extraordinary turn-around in the fortunes of hosni mubarak, from long-time iron-fisted ruler to inform, elderly defendant. he faces the death penalty if found guilty. cnn s mohammed jamjoom is in cairo and he joins us. what can you tell us about these developments? reporter: we can t stress enough just how historic this is. it s unprecedented a ruler like hosni mubarak, the deposed leader of egypt would be in that courtroom wearing a prisoner s uniform in a cage on a stretcher as a defendant. it s shocking to people here in egypt. many people we ve spoken with today just didn t believe they would actually get to this point. they believed the trial might be delayed, might be adjourned, that maybe hosni mubarak wouldn t be transferred from his hospital bed in sharm el sheikh. that all happened. we re outside the police academy, the venue for this court. there s about a thousand people, pro and anti-mubarak factions. there are anti-rio

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