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Brittney Griner: Russian prosecutors seek nine-and-a-half year sentence
BBC "News" ^ | August 4, 2022 | BBC Staff

Posted on 08/04/2022 6:28:44 AM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020

Russian prosecutors have asked a court to sentence the US basketball star Brittney Griner to almost 10 years in prison on drugs charges.

The Olympic gold medallist was detained in February at an airport near Moscow when cannabis oil vape cartridges were allegedly found in her luggage.

Cannabis is illegal in Russia for both medicinal and recreational use.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: P.O.E.

People tell you the dos and don’ts about different regions of the US.
She had to know better.


61 posted on 08/04/2022 7:41:49 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: dfwgator

Him? Is that her preferred pronoun? :-)


62 posted on 08/04/2022 7:42:18 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: windsorknot

Who cares what it is.


63 posted on 08/04/2022 7:42:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: pepsionice

Figures. The whole regime of manipulators and clowns in DC is a world joke. That won’t stop them from their endless bullying and aggressive rude behavior though.


64 posted on 08/04/2022 7:43:48 AM PDT by dforest
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To: P.O.E.

One would think not taking drugs into most countries, specifically Russia, would be a no brainer. No sympathies.


65 posted on 08/04/2022 7:45:07 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: mn-bush-man

“S”he sure had a low voice speaking from he”r” cell this morning.


66 posted on 08/04/2022 7:50:11 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: napscoordinator

—”She’ll make big bucks on this. Movie rights, books, speaking tours”

If she returns within a few news cycles, possible.

If the Russians keep her past the sell date, Netflix ain’t buying.


67 posted on 08/04/2022 8:07:10 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: rigelkentaurus

The Russians are too soft—it should be the full ten years.

The defendant issued a non-apology apology and tried the insane Hillary “no intent” bs excuse.

That was an insult to the court.


68 posted on 08/04/2022 8:09:19 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: mn-bush-man

There are photos showing Griner topless. I believe poster here on freep. If they are legit, it’s a man’s chest. No way that Griner is biologically female.


69 posted on 08/04/2022 8:11:42 AM PDT by 1malumprohibitum
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To: Mr. K

The “two minutes of hate” against Russia by the Western media is not going to get stalled by releasing this royal person.

They have nothing to gain by currying favor with insane enemies.


70 posted on 08/04/2022 8:12:21 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: 1malumprohibitum

Somebody should get a copy of the Russian prisoner paperwork. Pretty sure Russia doesn’t give credence to the whole trans nonsense. Would be especially hilarious if Russia “leaked” that She is definitively a he.


71 posted on 08/04/2022 8:15:15 AM PDT by 1malumprohibitum
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To: mmichaels1970

I thought for sure when I went to the USSR on a school trip I’d be busted for smuggling in copies of Kafka.


72 posted on 08/04/2022 8:16:32 AM PDT by P.O.E.
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To: dfwgator

Frickin Reggie


73 posted on 08/04/2022 8:18:53 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

She’s getting a break. The prosecutor could have gone for the full 10 years!


74 posted on 08/04/2022 8:19:05 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: Republicans 2016 2020

I don’t understand why Faulkner and FOX were weeping for her, calling her “courageous.” Courageous for daring to smuggle drugs and daring Russians to arrest her? She even admitted it though tried to spin it.


75 posted on 08/04/2022 8:21:10 AM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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To: Candor7
My prediction is he/she is released on January 20, 2025, as Trump is being sworn in for his new term.

I say she/he because some are saying that Brittney was originally a he and got a sex change. I was under assumption this was a female all along. I really don't know for sure and just don't care enough about it to research.

76 posted on 08/04/2022 8:21:47 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,643,600 users on Truth Social)
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To: Jane Austen

Fox is a joke.


77 posted on 08/04/2022 8:26:13 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Republicans 2016 2020
"I did not conspire or plan to commit this crime"

Reminds me of the old Steve Martin "I forgot" routine: "Let's say you're on trial for armed robbery. You simply say to the judge: I forgot armed robbery was illegal."

Brittney Griner: "I forgot drug smuggling was illegal."

78 posted on 08/04/2022 8:31:09 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

“Well excuuuuuuse me!”


79 posted on 08/04/2022 8:31:51 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ouderkirk

So, there is agreement on rotting.

The quastion is where?

On physical examination and disregarding whines, is he placed in a Russian man’s jail or do they go along with the hoax ant put him in with the women?


80 posted on 08/04/2022 8:40:25 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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