U.S. Describes Death Sentence For Former Egyptian President As ‘Unjust’

Former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi
reacts behind bars with other Muslim
Brotherhood members at a court in the outskirts
of Cairo, Egypt May 16,2015.

The United States believes the death sentence
pronounced on the former Egyptian President,
Mohamed Mursi is "unjust and undermines
confidence in the rule of law," the State
Department said on Monday.

According to Reuters, State Department
spokesman Jeff Rathke said Washington was
also deeply concerned about "yet another mass
death sentence" delivered by an Egyptian court.

The ruling against Mursi is not final until June 2.
All capital sentences are referred to Egypt's top
religious authority, the Grand Mufti, for a non-
binding opinion, and are also subject to legal
appeal.