Egyptian Court Overturns Morsi Death Sentence

An Egyptian court has thrown out a death sentence against former President Mohammed Morsi and ordered a retrial on charges connected to a prison break during the 2011 uprising that forced longtime leader Hosni Mubarak from power. The Court of Cassation said Tuesday five other co-defendants will also get new trials. Morsi became Egypt's first democratically elected president in 2012, but he lasted only a year in office before protesters held mass rallies accusing him of trying to...

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