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Russian judge sentences WNBA’s Griner to 9 years in prison
The Associated Press ^ | August 4, 2022 | By JIM HEINTZ

Posted on 08/04/2022 8:37:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A judge in Russia has convicted and sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling.

Judge Anna Sotnikova said the time Griner has served in custody since her arrest in February would count toward the sentence.

Griner reacted to the sentence with little emotion. She listened to the verdict with a blank stare on her face.

While recapping the evidence and giving her findings Thursday, the judge said the 31-year-old Griner illegally brought drugs into Russia.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 1lifecomesatyou; 2fastandhard; choices; drugsbadmmmk; griner
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Not to mention a country we are waging a phony proxy war against.


41 posted on 08/04/2022 8:59:06 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The other irony and looming difficulty in terms of optics is that starting in 2020 Griner called for removing the US national anthem altogether from playing prior to WNBA games.

She’s also long refused to stand or come out to the court for the playing of the national anthem, in protest of racism, which has earned harsh criticism from Republican Congressional leaders but also other athletes in some instances.


42 posted on 08/04/2022 8:59:08 AM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; numberonepal

Boomers know better and don’t have a sense of entitlement because we all saw “Midnight Express”.


43 posted on 08/04/2022 9:00:04 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: maro
Griner is lucky it wasn't Malaysia or Singapore.

Instead of 9 years, it would have been the noose.

44 posted on 08/04/2022 9:00:13 AM PDT by PallMal
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Karma’s a bitch.


45 posted on 08/04/2022 9:00:42 AM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m not so sure Putin will be in a hurry to make any kind of deal. As far as he’s concerned, Russia is at war with the U.S. in Ukraine. We’ve been supplying tons of military equipment that’s being used to kill Russian troops. Putin may like to get arms dealer Viktor Bout back, but may be willing to let him stay in jail a while longer just to make things tough on Biden. Viktor Bout is a lot tougher than Brittney Griner, and can do time in an American prison a lot easier than Griner can in a Russian prison.


46 posted on 08/04/2022 9:00:55 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I bet Russia already saw what’s under the trunk and will send him to a mend prison


47 posted on 08/04/2022 9:01:09 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I still think she is returned to the US soon. They have to get through all their PR nonsense and setting and example, probably seeing what more they can get in exchange.


48 posted on 08/04/2022 9:01:09 AM PDT by Nifty
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Griner_So_Oppressed_In_US
49 posted on 08/04/2022 9:01:10 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( I make airplanes fly, what's your super power?)
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To: proust

Just wait and see.
Will they incarcerate in a MEN’s prison??????


50 posted on 08/04/2022 9:01:39 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: Leaning Right

maybe lebrain will fork over a couple hundred million to get her/him back.


51 posted on 08/04/2022 9:01:46 AM PDT by cherry (;)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Overly harsh sentence for this offense, but that’s Russia’s business. When you go to a foreign country it’s YOUR job to know the laws and possible consequences. I guess that wasn’t covered during the pronoun training.

Russia has done nothing wrong here.


52 posted on 08/04/2022 9:01:56 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: frithguild

But I would be remiss if I didn’t congratulate Griner on being drug-free for four months. Just remember, Brittney, “One Day at a Time”, I know you can do it.


53 posted on 08/04/2022 9:02:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: servantboy777
When flying into a foreign country, customs documents are distributed before landing. The accompanying literature explains drug laws and potential penalties. She apparently ignored it.

Curious about those customs documents. Did Griner have the opportunity to declare the cannabis while still on the plane or was her fate already sealed because it was already in her luggage? In other words, if she told the flight attendant she had illegal substances, would she have had the opportunity to retrieve her baggage and hand it over before having to go through customs?

If so, then she was pretty stupid for not taking advantage of that opportunity.

54 posted on 08/04/2022 9:03:10 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,643,600 users on Truth Social)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where’s george gascon when you need him? DO NOT trade for her release. The “I didn’t mean to do it!” excuse has worn thin for the arrogant pampered bunch. Looks like “Do you know who I am!” didn’t work either.


55 posted on 08/04/2022 9:05:24 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: pfflier

Being privileged and entitled in America doesn’t mean squat abroad.


56 posted on 08/04/2022 9:06:20 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: maro

She won’t serve the full sentence. Prolly just a few years before some kind of deal is cut. On Russia’s terms.


57 posted on 08/04/2022 9:07:39 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: pfflier

The BLM folks should visit Russia to riot—then they can keep Her/His Royal Highness comfortable in the Siberian prison camp.


58 posted on 08/04/2022 9:07:44 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
"Just wait and see.
Will they incarcerate in a MEN’s prison??????"

I hope the Russians put him in a men's prison!

59 posted on 08/04/2022 9:08:17 AM PDT by StormEye
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To: servantboy777

Secondly, bet she misses the country of her birth she disrespected by kneeling during the American national anthem.

*************

She probably hates the country even more since it failed to get her release.


60 posted on 08/04/2022 9:09:29 AM PDT by Starboard
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