Yahya Hamid

Egypt court confirms Morsi death sentence over jailbreak

An Egyptian court sentenced deposed President Mohamed Mursi to death on June 16 on charges of killing, kidnapping and other offences during a 2011 mass jail break. 

The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and four other Brotherhood leaders were also handed the death penalty. More than 80 others were sentenced to death in absentia.