A Cairo court has sentenced ousted ex-President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsy, to death for his involvement in jail break in 2011. Morsy’s death penalty was announced on Saturday, May 16. Report
says his name; alongside over 100 other defendants will be passed to
the highest legal authority in Egypt to confirm the death sentence on
June 2.
Morsy is the first democratically-elected
President of Egypt. He was elected in June 2012, and overthrown by a
military coup in July 2013.
The death sentence can be appealed.
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