I am unequivocally opposed to the death sentence. I favor life imprisonment.
Guardian UK: Mohamed Morsi sentenced to death by Egyptian court - Judgment handed out against Islamist former president over charges of espionage and jailbreak nearly two years after overthrow
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Imagine our SCOTUS arresting Obama and sentencing him to death. I don't like Morsi or his anti-democratic Islamist org. The Muslim BROTHERHOOD ( notice its not a Personhood because women don't count in this orgs. worldview.) Nevertheless, don't the Egyptian people deserve to lock themselves in an Islamic cell? Or, is electing an anti-democratic leader and party an illegal act in a so called democratic Republic? Isn't an adherence to democracy the first rule of such a Republic? Lincoln believed so and waged violent war against the rebels who just wanted their own democratic State separate from ours. Its the flaw in democratic Republics that through time has always destroyed them.
Generally speaking, Egypt seems to be in a very difficult period politically. There's ancient modes of thinking pulling in one direction, hard line militarism and authoritarianism in another, and then the protesting appeals of the youth who want reasonable democratic features. They are in convulsions about it but also they are way ahead of their neighbors - take Saudi Arabia, strikes me as a terrifying place to live.
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