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Brittney Griner faces a complicated path to release
San Francisco Examiner ^ | Jul 8, 2022 | Kurt Streeter (of the New York Slimes)

Posted on 07/10/2022 2:46:13 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

One hundred forty-three days.

That is how long Brittney Griner has been behind bars in Russia. That is how long she has been stuck in the middle of a high-stakes staredown between the United States and Russia at exactly the wrong time, ...

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The seven-time All-Star center for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury pleaded guilty Thursday, admitting wrongdoing. In so many words, Griner and her lawyer said her troubles began with a mistake: She was readying quickly for her flight to Russia in February and inadvertently packed the smoking cartridges with the small amounts of hashish oil — less than a single gram, ...

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: billrichardson; druggie; griner; hashoil; prisonerswap; russia; sports
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To: Navy Patriot
She was readying quickly for her flight to Russia in February and inadvertently packed the smoking cartridges with the small amounts of hashish oil — less than a single gram, according to prosecutors.

Is one gram of hashish oil enough to get you high?

If not, why do they add it to the smoking cartridges?

Is that stuff legal in the US?

41 posted on 07/10/2022 3:38:04 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: cgbg

Yeah, I looked it up after posting.

I don’t think she will serve 10 years. She is a stupid person whose arrogance led her into making herself a political pawn. I just don’t see them keeping her for 10 years. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.


42 posted on 07/10/2022 3:39:17 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Navy Patriot

I hope the bitch dies in a Russian gulag mouthing off to a prison guard and getting her skull bashed in.


43 posted on 07/10/2022 3:47:12 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: GreenHornet

And it’s why Brandon’s handlers will agree at some point to a very unfavorable deal to get her back. The PR campaign to get her back ratcheted up this month. Soon it’ll be, “If you don’t give Russia anything they want to get this freak home, you’re racist and maybe we should riot.”


44 posted on 07/10/2022 3:47:22 PM PDT by GnuThere
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She wont be there for 10 years. Trump will have her released in 2025


45 posted on 07/10/2022 3:56:45 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: CodeToad

Griner outranks any American Prison Guard, but Griner may find out that Russian Prison Guards outrank Griner.


46 posted on 07/10/2022 3:59:36 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: gitmo
Is that stuff legal in the US?

Anything is legal in the US IF you're a Woke Prog Leftist Democrat.

47 posted on 07/10/2022 4:04:33 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: ifinnegan

I have heard the standard sentence for this is 10 years.

And yes, it is a very simple path. Just serve your time, then get released. Simple, but not pleasant.


48 posted on 07/10/2022 4:06:31 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: seowulf

She could probably get out early, too.


49 posted on 07/10/2022 4:08:20 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Navy Patriot

Lady, serve your time.

I would say the same thing if it were a straight white male sports star.

Unlike the U.S., some countries in the world still practice “accountability” for drug crimes.


50 posted on 07/10/2022 4:20:24 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: Navy Patriot

Apparently it IS illegal in the USA.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2022/07/08/brittney-grinerrussia-cannabis-weed-marijuana/7793000001/


51 posted on 07/10/2022 4:22:27 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Navy Patriot

Barf. And not a mention in the news story on how Griner kneeled during the national anthem played before her basketball games in the USA. So forgive me for not being upset that she is no longer in the USA, and for all I care, she can stay in Russia forever.


52 posted on 07/10/2022 4:23:36 PM PDT by rod5591
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To: Drew68
Trump should fly to Moscow and secure her release.

The Rats and the media would say that proves Russian collusion

53 posted on 07/10/2022 4:25:50 PM PDT by FatherofFive (We support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: ifinnegan

No, her getting arrested is a way for Biden to give Putin someone valuable while making a bad trade look like a humanitarian victory to his idiot voters.. Same crap Obama pulled with the Bergdahl trade, where we traded off dangerous drug trading Haqqani network terrorists in exchange for a deserter.


54 posted on 07/10/2022 4:29:58 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: gitmo
It can't be illegal for Griner in the US.

The Official US Government and State Department position is "Brittney Griner is "Wrongfully Detained" in Russia, and Russia is always wrong when they don't do what the US Government and State tell them to do.

Would the US Government and State Lie?

55 posted on 07/10/2022 4:32:32 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

I remember that the kid who was caned in Singapore got a reduced sentence. Something like he was sentenced to six strikes but it was reduced to three. Then they sent him home to the US.


56 posted on 07/10/2022 4:36:39 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Prayers for America.)
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To: Navy Patriot

This story continues to bring a smile to my face.


57 posted on 07/10/2022 4:36:56 PM PDT by KevinB (''...and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: Navy Patriot

Leave her to rot.


58 posted on 07/10/2022 4:38:22 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Who cares? Let her rot in jail.


59 posted on 07/10/2022 4:40:55 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: KevinB

Glad I could make your day better!


60 posted on 07/10/2022 4:41:52 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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