article_snippet.sent: Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata is known for Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata harsh rulings in cases involving the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egypt has banned and labeled a terrorist group.
article_snippet.sent: Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata family called for Mohamed's immediate release in a statement after the verdict, charging that there was no evidence against Judge Mohamed Nagy Shehata.
article_snippet.sent: Egyptian Judge Mohammed Nagi Shehata reads the verdicts in a cases in Cairo, on Saturday.
article_snippet.sent: Egyptian Judge Mohammed Nagi Shehata has made a series of harsh rulings against Egyptian Islamists .
article_snippet.sent: Egyptian Judge Mohammed Nagi Shehata health earlier this year was said to be dire, according to Al Jazeera.
article_snippet.sent: Judge Shehata read out a Koranic verse that stipulates amputation and crucifixion for outlaws, before rendering Judge Shehata verdict on Saturday.
article_snippet.sent: At a previous session, Judge Shehata had sought the opinion of Egypt's mufti, the Islamic legal authority who has an advisory role under Egyptian law, on the death sentences.
article_snippet.sent: Judge Shehata has previously sentenced hundreds of Islamists at a time to death and also gave prison terms to Al Jazeera journalists for reporting false news, though no evidence of false reports was given.