Twenty-three people have been sentenced to death, and another 14 have been sentenced to life in prison by a Libyan Court on Monday for their participation in a brutal Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and taking control of Sirte in 2015.
According to a statement from the Attorney General’s office, five people were found not guilty, three others passed away before their cases went to trial, and one other person received a sentence of 12 years in jail, six to 10 years, one to five years, and six to three years.
