Posted on 10/25/2022 7:03:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A Russian court on Tuesday rejected Brittney Griner’s appeal after the jailed WNBA star begged for forgiveness for her “mistake” — upholding her nine-year sentence on drug charges.
Griner and her lawyers had asked for acquittal or at least a more lenient sentence, which they said was disproportionate to the offense and at odds with Russian judicial practice.
The presiding judge said the verdict was upheld “without changes” except for the counting of time served in pre-trial detention as part of the sentence. Griner is now expected to be moved to a penal colony.
The US chargee d’affaires in Moscow, Elizabeth Rood, who attended the hearing, called the sentence “excessive and disproportionate.”
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With all the other guys?
Maybe they’ll torture her by playing The Star Spangled Banner non-stop.
I guess Biden’s vote-shilling “amnesty for pot smokers” didn’t do anything for her.
Bless her little heart.
I take it you are an expert on Russian drug laws.
Please enlighten us.
;-)
Karma got her—and Karma is merciless.
Remember she wore the Jimi Hendrix shirt.
They should play “Are You Experienced” in her cell—over and over and over again....
;-)
At 20 below zero..
I was thinking something similar. Namely, let him publicly, passionately and loudly sing the National Anthem in front of Lenin’s tomb every day.
If he does, then knock a year off (the end of his sentence) of bustin rocks for him.
She'll be a star participant in those "penal" games...
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