NEWS:Egyptian: Court Sentences Ex- President Morsi To Death

AN Egyptian court has sentenced deposed president Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 other defendants to death over jailbreaks during a 2011 uprising.
Morsi was in the caged dock when the judge read out his verdict on Saturday.
Many of those sentenced were tried in absentia, including prominent Islamic cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi who resides in Qatar.
Last month, an Egyptian court sentenced Morsi and 12 other defendants to 20 years in jail for involvement in the arrests and torture of protesters during his rule.
But the court acquitted Egypt’s first freely elected president of murder charges that could have seen him sentenced to death over the killings of a journalist and two protesters during clashes outside a presidential palace in 2012.
The first ever democratically elected leader of Egypt, Morsi served from June 2012 to July 2013 but his affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood proved controversial throughout his time in power.
He was deposed by the army following mass protests.
Earlier in April a court sentned 14 senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, including leader Mohammed Badie.
The Brotherhood has repeatedly dismissed the charges as politically motivated.
-Agencies