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Egyptian judge defends mass death sentences on 'demons from hell'

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The judge who sentenced to death more than 720 alleged rioters on a single day in Egypt in April has justified his decision on the grounds that some of the accused were "demons" adherent to Jewish scripture.

In May judge Saeed Youssef sentenced 37 men to death for the murder of a policeman – and then in a separate trial gave preliminary death sentences to 683 others.
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