general. that is 60 to 70 defendants lined up in shackels with only their right hand free so they could take the oath if they were going to enter a plea which almost all of them did enter a plea. this kind of mass production, mass plea hearing, mass sentencing is also unheard of in federal court. it s not what federal courts do. you might see that in state or local court but not in this jurisdiction. the other thing that you see here is the combining of an initial appearance, a plea hearing, and sentencing all in one day. these are things that normally takes months in the federal system so that probation can write up a report and that a sometimes hours long sentencing hearing can be conducted. instead, this was done conveyor belt style with the magistrate judge pointing to individual defendants and essentially do you plead guilty, do you plead guilty, do you plead guilty? those defendants did plead
this shows a complete disregard for human rights. these trials are nothing but a sher raid based on null and void procedures. morsi won t be heading to the gal lows anytime soon, though. he has two chances for appeal. the case now goes to the highest authority of islamic lethal interpretation in the country to go over the evidence and issue and the opinion on june 2nd, the court will take that opinion into consideration in deciding whether or not mohammed morsi will be sentenced to death. cnn, cairo. morsi s death sentence isn t sitting well with everyone. the united states is voicing concern over egypt s ruling and use of mass sentencing, seeing the practice as inconsistent with the country s rule of law. the turkish president was more critical, calling out the eu and western countries over the death sentence. translator: european union, western countries, haven t you