WNBA star Brittney Griner is appealing her conviction for narcotics possession and trafficking, as the US government works on a prisoner-swap deal with Russia.
Brittney Griner, the US basketball star jailed for nine years in Russia on drugs charges, has appealed against her conviction for narcotics possession and trafficking, Ms Griner's lawyer confirmed to Reuters on Monday.
Ms Blagovolina and co-counsel Alexander Boykov had said after the conviction that the sentence was excessive, and in similar cases defendants had received an average sentence of about five years, with about a third of them being granted parole.
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