Brittney Griner has been found guilty of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison.
"Considering the nature of her case, the insignificant amount of the substance and BG’s personality and history of positive contributions to global and Russian sport, the defense hopes that the plea will be considered by the court as a mitigating factor and there will be no severe sentence," they said.
On May 3, the U.S. State Department officially classified her as “wrongfully detained,” and her case moved into the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. Her trial, referred to as a"sham" by those with expertise in the Russian legal system, began July 1. ProsecutorsThe most likely way the U.S.
The State Department, in an extraordinary move last week, revealed the existence of a"substantial offer" to free Griner and Whelan. The prisoner swap revolved around notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, nicknamed"The Merchant of Death." Last Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov connected for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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