Egypt Prosecutor Criticizes Court Over Death Sentences: State Media

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
17 May 2014
Tags:
Egypt

Egypt's public prosecutor has appealed against the mass death sentences issued by a provincial court, which had caused an international outcry. A court in April recommended the death sentence for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters, and handed down a final capital punishment ruling for 37 others, alarming the United States, the United Nations and rights groups. The 37 had initially been sentenced to death after a trial lasting only a few days.

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