528 Sentenced To Death

528 members of the Muslim brotherhood were sentenced to death in a Egyptian court. They were indicted on charges related to dangerous riots in the city of Minya that included the murder of a police officer. They can still appeal their sentences. Do you think that death is too harsh of a punishment? Would life in prison be more fair?

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Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Morsy supporters in Cairo on November 29, 2013.

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  • Your summary if a bit brief to tackle a complicated story such as this. You need to give  more information. Also, stay away from yes/no questions.

  • Ya that freaking crazy just because of their part of a group that disapproves of the Egyptian government they are going to kill 500 people. they dont care about the police officer all they care about is staying in power.

  • I think that the people should be able to chose either life in prison or death. I don't think it should be chosen for them. I do think that death is a little harsh.

  • They should not be sent to death they should be put in prison for a long time, they are standing up in what they feel is right and are trying to make their lives better. 

    • They are Islamic terrorists.

  • I think prison time would be better than death sentence. Unless theses people killed other people by the riot.

  • They should probably just convict the person or people who actually killed the cop and not the entire group.

  • Well I mean with death you can just get it over with but with imprisonment you have to endure the pain of living without loved ones so I think if they truly deserved to have something happen to them they would need a long time of imprisonment.

  • I don't think that death is a good punishment. I think that life in prison would be more fair.

  • I think that considering what they have done they should have been sentenced to death. They probably dont have that much room in prison. 

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