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Egyptian appeal court overturns death sentence on Brotherhood Supreme Guide, 136 others Defendants were accused of storming a police station in Upper Egypt and killing a police officer
The court of cassation on Wednesday overturned death sentences on 136 supporters of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, including Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie. The defendants were accused of storming a police station in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya, killing a police officer and eight other people soon after the dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins in August 2013. The court ordered a retrial for all the defendants. Morsi himself is facing four trials on a variety of charges that could also lead to the death penalty. Hundreds of Morsi supporters have been sentenced to death in recent months, mostly on charges of murder, attempted murder, initiating violence and joining a terrorist group – the Muslim Brotherhood. In March, Minya court sentenced 529 Morsi supporters to death on charges of murdering a police officer. The court later upheld sentences for 37 of them and sentenced the rest to life in jail. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/122763.aspx