Posted on 10/04/2022 1:34:14 AM PDT by Libloather
WNBA star Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing in Moscow has been set for Oct. 25 after she was sentenced to nine years in prison for possessing cannabis oil at a Moscow airport.
The Associated Press reported on Monday that a regional court in Moscow will proceed with the basketball star’s appeal. Griner, a member of the WNBA’s 25th-anniversary team, was convicted on August 4 after pleading guilty.
Although Griner has admitted to having vape cartridges in her carry-on luggage, her legal team plans to present written statements that the cannabis oil was medically prescribed to help Griner treat pain she sustained throughout her playing career, the AP reported.
The 31-year-old All-Star athlete has been detained in Russia since February, when she was arrested just days after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The Biden administration has made Griner’s case one of its top priorities, saying that both Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine detained in Russia on espionage charges, are wrongfully detained in the country.
U.S. officials in August floated the idea of a possible prisoner exchange in which Griner and Whelan would be released to the U.S. and a notorious convicted Russian arms trafficker would be sent back to Russia.
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It’s not breaking news.
She was well aware of the laws in Russia.
Let her rot - ie.: do the time.
“Could be braking news.”
I doubt it will slow down anything!
I hear it gets really, really cold in Siberia this time of year, I think Brittany Griner might be about to find out how cold.
“Let her rot - ie.: do the time.”
Tough issue for the Ukraine Cheerleaders. I expect them to stay out of this one.
I’ll never forget that 1970-era PSA with Hal Holbrook’s voice-over about drug use overseas: “When you’re busted for drugs over there, you’re in for the hassle of your life.”
Do the crime, ya do the time.
Dear Mr. Putin,
Please excuse Brittany’s possession of cannabis vape cartridges as she needs it for her boo boos and owies.
Signed, Brittany’s mother
That should work.
but wait...she’s black...or is she a he...forget it...they can have “it”.
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