Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape,...

Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, arson, rape, hijacking, espionage, drug trafficking political and military offenses.
In 1999 the Government abolished an article of the Penal Code that permitted a rapist to be absolved of criminal charges if he married his victim. However, marital rape is not illegal.
State of emergency laws, imposed in 1981 after militant army officers assassinated President Anwar Sadat, allow the government to try a militant in a military court without the right of appeal.
All capital executions must first be approved by the Mufti, the country's highest religious authority. The final decision goes to the President of the Republic who, by law, has the power to grant a pardon or commute a sentence.