Egyptian Court Adjourns Ruling On Morsi’s Death Sentence

A CAIRO court on Tuesday June 2, 2015
adjourned the final ruling on a death
sentence recommendation against
former President Mohamed Morsi.
The judge in the case postponed the
verdict until June 16.
Morsi entered the courtroom for the
hearing on his death sentence as fellow
defendants chanted with “down, down
with the military”.
An Egypt court sentenced Morsi to death
on May 17 for a mass prison break in
2011, prompting immediate
condemnations from rights groups and
world leaders.
The court ruled that the sentencing of
Morsi and 105 others would be referred
to the grand mufti, the highest religious
authority in Egypt, for confirmation.
Egyptian authorities had banned Morsi’s
Muslim Brotherhood since his overthrow
and arrested thousands of his
supporters.
In April, a court sentenced Morsi and 12
other defendants to 20 years in prison
for ordering the arrest and torture of
protesters in clashes outside the
presidential palace in December 2012.