Moursi is likely to remain in jail indefinitely  for offenses related to espionage and inciting violence.

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The annulment of the  death sentence of Egypt’s first democratically elected president, who was thrown out by the military in 2013, suggests government reluctance to execute leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood,.

Death sentences on five leaders  of the Brotherhood were annulled with Moursi’s.

There remains a degree of public support for the  Brotherhood, which held power for just over a year.

It’s been classified as a terrorist group by the government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former military leader who is now president

Thousands of the group’s leaders and members have been jailed or killed or have gone into exile.

Even so, observers widely believe that executing top leaders like Moursi could lead to a new surge of violence.

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