Posted on 08/04/2022 2:57:02 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Brittney Griner was found guilty of drug charges in a Russian court on Thursday. Shortly after being found guilty, she was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison. The prosecution was reportedly seeking nine and a half years.
Griner is being used as a political pawn. Now, with the sentencing, it forces the hand of President Joe Biden to do something sooner rather than later and get the American citizen out of Russian prison.
The American justice system is far from perfect, but this outrageous sentencing should put things into perspective for everyone, including LeBron James, about how unjust other justice systems around the world operate.
America is attempting to trade the Merchant of Death Viktor Bout for the American basketball star, but it’s unclear if that’s going to happen or not.
Immediately after the sentencing, Biden released a statement saying “Russia is wrongfully detaining” Griner.
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You mean the old Tater Factory Soviet gals?
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes. Team manager will just have to find a tranny athlete to replace her and half the team.
The West bans Russian athletes from competing in international competitions, but American athletes are free to compete on Russian soil.
There is a big disconnect here.
Yep...
She might find Russian prisons are not near as nice as US prisons. She might wish to read Gulag Archipelago so she can compare and contrast the difference.
I hope it does.
Biden slams Russia and that means the deal in imminent? I doubt it, but this is Daily Mail opinion reporting. They must have had an interview from Joey’s basement.
I have no sympathy for you.....
“Merchant of Death Viktor Bout for the American basketball star”
Let’s compromise. Have Bout identify as a woman, and put him on the team during release time at the federal penitentiary. They’re one short.
The Twitterverse is going nuts. ‘But she’s a gay, black woman, they can’t do this!’. She’s lucky it wasn’t Singapore.
schadenfreude! That’s what I’m feeling right now. The only greater pleasure would be for a meteor to come down from the heavens and destroy the New York Times on a day that ALL the Bolsheviks are in the building. That would be very satisfying.
Just call it “rehab”.
God works in mysterious ways, wonder what this ungrateful little bitch thinks of the USA now!!! Unfortunately Trump would have had her home already HOWEVER her hero PEDO Joe doesn’t even know what the hell day it is!!
Correct. Get caught with drugs in Taiwan and receive a bullet.
Welcome to the joys of overseas travel for the insidiously stupid ‘privileged people’.
(have done this in SE Asia and the sentence would have far worse...like death penalty)
Yeah you’re probably correct about that.
You know, that was a very long time ago.
S(he) wasn't "found" guilty s(he) admitted guilt.
S(he) was sentenced for drug charges in a Russian court on Thursday.
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