A Cairo judge threw out, on procedural grounds, a set of charges against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stemming from the 2011 revolution, a decision that means Mubarak is likely to be released from prison soon. Tamara Wittes argues that the trial’s outcome is symbolic of a broken, enfeebled justice system and just one small example of the broken Egyptian state that is the legacy of Mubarak’s long rule. The news is a sad reminder for many Egyptians of what’s become of their hopes for a post-Mubarak Egypt.