A Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death over his part in a mass prison break that took place during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. lRelated Egypt's Morsi gets 20-year term in fresh sign of movement's demise MIDDLE EAST Egypt's Morsi gets 20-year term in fresh sign of movement's demise SEE ALL RELATED 8
As is customary in passing capital punishment, Judge Shaaban Shami referred his death sentence on Morsi and others to the nation's top Muslim theologian, or mufti, for his nonbinding opinion. He set June 2 for the next hearing.
Egypt's judiciary: a willing participant in repression Egypt's judiciary: a willing participant in repression Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president, was ousted by the military in July 2013 following days of mass street protests by Egyptians demanding that he be removed because of his divisive policies. Morsi's successor, Abdel- Fattah Sissi, was the military chief at the time and led the ouster. Sissi ran for president last year and won the vote in a landslide.
