Egyptian Court Sentences 6 to Death, Delays Morsi Verdict

An Egyptian court has handed down death sentences to six defendants in a trial for Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi and nearly a dozen other co-defendants for the alleged transfer of secret information to the Gulf state of Qatar. Morsi's verdict was postponed. The court sentenced six of the eleven defendants to death, pending a review of their sentences by the country’s top religious authority. The panel of three judges postponed a verdict for Morsi until June 18. The trial...

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