An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Mohamed Morsy and 16 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life in prison on espionage charges.
Three other senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Khairat Al Shater, Mohamed Beltagy and Ahmed Abdel Alaty -- were sentenced to death by hanging. In Egypt, a life sentence equates to 25 years in prison.
The court was also expected to decide Tuesday whether to confirm the death sentence Morsy received last month for his role in a 2011 prison escape.
Morsy, Egypt's first democratically elected leader, was ousted by the country's powerful military in 2013.
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