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#capital punishment

Egypt's Court of Cassation overturned a death sentence against former President Mohammed Morsi, ordering a retrial. Morsi had been sentenced to death in relation to a mass prison break during the January 25 revolution in 2011. An Egyptian court had sentenced the deposed President and four others to death by hanging in June 2015. During the 2011 revolution, Egypt’s Morsi and members of the Muslim Brotherhood escaped from Wadi al-Natroun prison. Charges were brought against Morsi and other defendants for damaging…