Russian judges have sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison on drugs chargers. Griner, who plays for Phoenix Mercury was arrested in February in possession of cannabis at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo. Griner plead guilty for all charges and apologized to her teammates, her fans and the city of Yekaterinburg. Her lawyer said said she was distraught by the decision, whilst the US deputy embassy chief in Moscow described the charges as a ‘miscarriage of justice’. US officials say Russia wants to swap Griner and Paul Whelan, a former US marine arrested on spying charges in 2020, for the convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Russian judge sentences WNBA star Griner to 9 years for Cannabis possession
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If you can’t do the time dont do the crime. Deserves the sentence definitely drugs are disgusting
Drug users are losers
She sounds like a man.
Guess the west should learn to encroach upon Russia's boarderscoughukrainewarcough. Payback is nasty eh?
WNBA on the news.
I gotta ask for a raise on monday.
that's a dude,come on
America did this to her. Russia are just acting how the USA has acted for the last decade! 😂😂🇺🇸
She definitely took drugs
Break the law in a foreign country, be sentenced by their laws. 'I'm sorry' doesn't make it right.
She looks like a guy 😬 shouldn't have had drugs
She will learn Russian and probably will get a bit wiser
That’s a lady 😧
Is that a male? Sounds like it!
Too bad they don't want to see Snowden come home.
She campaigned for socialism. Now she gets to experience it.
She broke the law and pleaded guilty so why is Joe Biden and co saying she’s being wrongfully detained and is innocent?😂
Pretty fair considering our current circumstances. Don’t do drugs when you’re in another country, especially when both countries hate each other
She got caught with cannabis oil be it right or wrong, medical or otherwise, she’s not wrongfully detained. She got caught with a illegal substance. Sentencing is a bit harsh but I believe in laws of the land.
Looks like the ruskie bot troll farm in St Petersburg is busy writing most comments here today!
Poor girl she’s f@@@@@
Bet she wishes Trump was still president 🤣🤣🤣 actually a lot of people do
BLM need to protest outside the prison.
9 years for vaping canna oil tho
it's almost like the US VP tried her case and got her convicted
*mild shock
Keep her!!!
Great news, justice served.
Ironically hated the country she grew up & made it in. Love it 😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He doesn't disserve this 😂
it wasnt a small amount from what i heard