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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced 9 Years To Moscow Prison

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WNBA star Brittney Griner is being sentenced to 9 years in prison after being found guilty of drug charges in a Russian court.  Griner, 31 pled guilty to drug charges and has been jailed in Russia since February after authorities there claim they found a vape cartridge with under a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. 

READ MORE: WNBA Players Exec Director Terri Jackson Calls On Biden Admin To Bring Brittney Griner Home

The two-time Olympic gold medalist is at the center of a proposed “prisoner swap” that the White House is trying to negotiate that involves a Russian arms dealer jailed in the U.S.  The Kremlin has been blamed of using Griner as a political pawn.

President Biden says Russia is wrongfully detaining Griner. In a statement out this morning, Biden said he’s calling on Russia to release her immediately “so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates.”

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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced To 9 Years For Vape Cartridge In Russia

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WNBA star Brittney Griner is being sentenced to 9 years in prison after being found guilty of drug charges in a Russian court.  Griner, 31 pled guilty to drug charges and has been jailed in Russia since February after authorities there claim they found a vape cartridge with under a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. 

READ MORE: WNBA Players Exec Director Terri Jackson Calls On Biden Admin To Bring Brittney Griner Home

The two-time Olympic gold medalist is at the center of a proposed “prisoner swap” that the White House is trying to negotiate that involves a Russian arms dealer jailed in the U.S.  The Kremlin has been blamed of using Griner as a political pawn.

President Biden says Russia is wrongfully detaining Griner. In a statement out this morning, Biden said he’s calling on Russia to release her immediately “so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates.”

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Brittney Griner Closing Statement: “Had No Intent” To Break Russian Law

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Brittney Griner gave a key statement in her trial just ahead of the verdict in her drug case being handed down later today. The Phoenix Mercury star pleaded for leniency in her closing statement. “I want to say again that I had no intent on breaking any Russian laws. I had no intent. I did not conspire or plan to commit this crime,” Griner shared in the courtroom. 

Griner apologized to both her WNBA and Russian teams along with her fans. Griner, 31, expressed her desire for any political discussions surrounding her case not to play a factor. She said she hopes any talk about politics and her being used as a “political pawn” is kept far from the courtroom. She said she made “an honest mistake,” adding “I hope in your ruling it does not end my life.”

 READ MORE: LeBron James Say Brittney Griner Should Question Whether She Wants To Come Home

The American Basketball star faces up to 10 years in prison on the charge of large-scale transportation of drugs. Griner plead guilty in July in an effort to gain leniency after having under a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage when she was arrested at the airport in Moscow back in February.

Russian prosecutors are asking for Griner to be sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison.

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SOURCE SPORTS: Russian Court Extends Brittney Griner’s Detention Again

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WNBA star Brittney Griner is seeing her detention in Russian custody extended through at least July 2.  The Phoenix Mercury center was taken into custody in Moscow in February after allegedly having hashish oil vape cartridges in her luggage, which is illegal in Russia.  

Russian prosecutors had an investigation period that expired on May 19. However they have petitioned multiple times for additional extensions and have up to 18 months before she is brought to trial.

“We are on Day 116 since BG has been wrongfully detained,” Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard said, adding, “She’s our teammate, she’s an American and we want her back home.”

The State Department has previously stated that Griner was “wrongfully detained.”

READ MORE: Democrats Push Resolution Urging Russia To Release WNBA Star Brittney Griner

Ginger, 31, was playing for the Russian Premier League when she was arrested. The former Baylor Bear won the 2012 National Championship and she won the WNBA title in 2014 with the Phoenix Mercury.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist faces charges that could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

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