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Brittney Griner being moved to Russian penal colony, her lawyers say
MSN ^ | 11/9/22

Posted on 11/09/2022 1:37:39 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1

Russia is moving detained U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to a penal colony, her lawyers said Wednesday, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House.

Griner, convicted for possession of a small quantity of cannabis oil and given a nine-year prison sentence, was transferred out of a detention center on Nov. 4, her legal team said.

She "is now on her way to a penal colony," lawyers Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov said in a statement.

They said Russia generally sends notifications of transforming prisoners by mail, taking up to two weeks. "We do not have any information on her exact current location or her final destination," they said.

Griner's case has drawn outrage in the United States, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaching out to Russia to propose a deal to free her despite soaring tensions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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To: Krosan
The newspaper articles claiming it does are always lying omitting things like the person was on parole for murder or there was another heinous crime and the article just focuses on weed.

Lots of times cops get gang members who they've been unable to convict on the real crimes they do, find them with drugs, and prosecutors go for the maximum on the drugs.

41 posted on 11/09/2022 5:14:20 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: Krosan

weed? No, it was hash oil. And not a trivial amount either.


42 posted on 11/09/2022 5:17:29 AM PST by wrench
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To: Monterrosa-24

Yeah, but except for that...


43 posted on 11/09/2022 5:19:10 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: PapaBear3625

Exactly! No one gets 9 years for 20 bucks worth of weed, first offense, if there are no other considerations and even then the field of play is narrow.

It was done to her because she is an American (and an unpleasant person, so suitable for a Russian propaganda operation).


44 posted on 11/09/2022 5:20:34 AM PST by Krosan
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To: wrench

>And not a trivial amount either.

It was $20 worth. Pretty trivial.


45 posted on 11/09/2022 5:21:12 AM PST by Krosan
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To: Krosan

Got a verifiable link?


46 posted on 11/09/2022 5:25:16 AM PST by wrench
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To: wrench

Court documents show she had 0.7 grams.

Here is a link showing:

https://loudcloudhealth.com/resources/what-is-hash-oil/

“The average wholesale price for marijuana concentrates (including hash and wax) is $19.68 per gram. “

Meaning the average wholesale price is 0.7*$20 = $14.

I used a higher number - $20 to estimate a retail price.

It’s really nothing and some people are trying to twist the facts to make it seem a drug kingpin was caught.


47 posted on 11/09/2022 5:31:10 AM PST by Krosan
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To: Krosan

Nice stoner site, not credible, sorry.


48 posted on 11/09/2022 5:34:30 AM PST by wrench
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To: Krosan

Location location location. Possessing drugs while entering a foreign country. I believe that is frowned on in most places.

A very stupid move on her part. One can argue, “yeah,but” it’s only vapes, not very much, yada yada all well and good, but, she’s not “back on the block” , she’s not in Brooklyn, Philly, LA or Atlanta, hanging out.

Location, bringing XXXX in, whatever xxx happens to be , the dogs hit on her luggage. What, did the Russians do something wrong ? They shouldn’t run drug dogs ? She f’d up in a bad sort of way. I suggest she take up meditation .


49 posted on 11/09/2022 5:35:03 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: csvset

Of course she is stupid. She is also an unpleasant person. That is why Russians chose her. To throw a stupid unpleasant AMERICAN into 9 years of gulag for having 20 bucks worth of weed.

This way they get to stick it to America and create a controversy.

I don’t have to like anything about her (and I don’t) to recognize that this is what the Russians are doing.


50 posted on 11/09/2022 5:43:11 AM PST by Krosan
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To: Krosan

Not buying it, the dog hit on her luggage. The dogs are biased towards Americans ? She was entering another country. Airports, ports of entry , etc, are not good places to try stupid stuff. Not only in Russia . Sorry No sale, 9 years on the rock pile.


51 posted on 11/09/2022 5:52:58 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: csvset

I repeat what I find important here - it was $20 worth of weed.

I don’t care about disputing any of the things you said like dogs sniffing and luggage or anything because they are all irrelevant.

Clearly 9 years for possession of $20 worth of weed, first offense is excessive and extreme!


52 posted on 11/09/2022 5:58:12 AM PST by Krosan
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To: Krosan
Well, whatever amount she had, we have a whole lot more leftists the Russians can have.

Put some of the stuff in their luggage and send them on vacation to Russia.

Outraged? No.

53 posted on 11/09/2022 5:59:46 AM PST by Mogger
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To: SauronOfMordor
She might just be the prettiest one there.

There are points beneath which I will not go...even on a deserted island with an ugly woman.

I would rather be celibate.

54 posted on 11/09/2022 5:59:47 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Griner belongs in a penile colony.


55 posted on 11/09/2022 6:29:04 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Krosan

I’ll bet she doesn’t do it again.

Since our method in the USA doesn’t seem to be working maybe enforcement and longer sentences are worth a try?


56 posted on 11/09/2022 6:36:55 AM PST by cableguymn
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To: csvset

From what I understand, this guy has been to Russia on previous trips. He had to know the laws.
Trying to care....nope, don’t care, the rockpile, it is.


57 posted on 11/09/2022 6:37:04 AM PST by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: MeganC

Megan, why?

She only had $20 worth of weed. A just verdict would sentence her proportionate to basically nothing that she had.

She is an unpleasant person, but that’s not a crime.

The world is a better place when we punish people when they actually commit crimes!


58 posted on 11/09/2022 6:38:22 AM PST by Krosan
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

She’s going to be staying for a while to become a professional rock buster.

Seems appropriate


59 posted on 11/09/2022 6:39:19 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

I have a dear friend who grew up in Omsk, Siberia. It is possible that her ancesters were sent there by the Czar, over a century ago..

That’s what Russia has been doing for generations, long before Stalin or even Putin, so it’s probably a good idea not to break the laws there.

She laughs at me when I complain about the cold weather here in New England.


60 posted on 11/09/2022 6:39:34 AM PST by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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