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Egypt: Judge Sentences 683 To Death For Deadly Crackdown
[Aypee] MINYA, Egypt (AP) A judge in Egypt on Monday sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted Islamist president in the latest mass trial that included the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader, defense lawyers said.But in a surprise reversal, the same judge also reduced most of the death sentences handed to 529 defendants in a similar case in March, commuting the majority of them on Monday to life imprisonment. A "surprise" to some possibly. The judge, Said Youssef, said he was referring his ruling on the 683 death sentences for violence and the killing of policemen to the Grand Mufti, the top Islamic official a requirement under Egyptian law, but one that is considered a formality. Sort of the Erik Holder of Egypt is he ? Both mass trials are linked to deadly riots that erupted in Minya and elsewhere in Egypt after security forces violently disbanded sit-ins held by Brotherhood supporters in Cairo last August. Soon to be reduced to 'time served.' Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-28 |
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