Egypt Court Sentences Former President Morsi to Life in Jail for Spying

An Egyptian court sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to 25 years in prison in a case related to conspiring with foreign groups.The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie was also sentenced to 25 years in jail in the same case on Tuesday.
In total, 17 were given life sentences.
The court also sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater and two others to death in the same case.
Death sentences were also handed to 13 other defendants in absentia.
Morsi had been sentenced to death on May 17 for a mass prison break in 2011, prompting immediate condemnations from rights groups and world leaders.
The court had ruled that the sentencing of Morsi and other defendents would be referred to the grand mufti, the highest religious authority in Egypt, for confirmation before the final verdict.
Egyptian authorities have banned Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood since his overthrow and arrested thousands of his supporters.
In April, a court sentenced Morsi and 12 other defendants to 20 years in prison for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters in clashes outside the presidential palace in December 2012.