Egyptian President Sentenced to Prison

The Egyptian President, Mohamed Morsy, was sentenced to twenty years in prison early Tuesday morning. He had been on trial for violence against protesters outside the presidential palace on December, 2012. About fourteen other co-defendants also stood on trial. Some of them were apart of his presidential staff. All of them were convicted with acquitted murder, violence and instigating the violence. Many of the victims of torture, have outspoken about the "fair" punishment given. "This is a very appropriate and clear verdict on people that committed the crime," he said. "This, in fact, was the maximum sentence for the charges. The surprise was the acquittal."

Mohamed Morsy

Mohamed Morsy was one the first democratically elected president for Egypt. He was elected June, 2012, and with the next year was deposed by the military. Morsy has not been seen by the court or the country since his removal from office. Allegedly, this is not Morsy's first time in jail. Back in 2011, Morsy with eighteen other members of a banned Muslim brotherhood, broke out of Wadi-Natroun Prison.