Breaking: Brittney Griner was sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison for bringing marijuana with criminal intent into Russia. The U.S.has been seeking the women’s basketball star’s release.
U.S. women’s basketball star Brittney Griner on Thursday was convicted of bringing marijuana with criminal intent into Russia last February and sentenced to nine years in prison, an outcome that is expected to clear the way for negotiations over her release between the two countries.
Judge Anna Sotnikova found Ms. Griner guilty of deliberately bringing hashish oil into Russia in mid-February, and the nine-year sentence also included a fine of 1 million rubles, according to Ms. Griner’s legal team.
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