US basketball star sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia
A Russian court has sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years prison on drugs charges.
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Brittney Griner verdict - WNBA players, sports world react to nine-year sentence
One hundred sixty-eight days after Brittney Griner was arrested at an airport outside of Moscow, the WNBA star was found guilty of charges that she tried to smuggle drugs into Russia and was sentenced to nine years as her trial concluded Thursday.
Russian Court Jails US Basketball Star For 9 Years Over Drug Smuggling, Joe Biden Says "Unacceptable"
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison over drug smuggling as US President Joe Biden called the ruling "unacceptable". The court "found the defendant guilty" of smuggling and possessing "a significant amount of narcotics", judge Anna Sotnikova told a court in the town of Khimki just outside Moscow. Sotnikova sentenced Griner, 31, to nine years in prison and said she would also have to pay a fine of one million rubles ($16,590). US President Joe Biden immediately released a statement, calling the Russian court's sentencing of Griner "unacceptable."
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Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the verdict.
Basketball star Brittney Griner found guilty of drug possession, smuggling in Russia
American basketball star Brittney Griner was found guilty of drug possession and smuggling in Russian court on Thursday.
Russian prosecutors seek 9 1/2-year sentence for basketball star Brittney Griner
Russian prosecutors asked a court outside Moscow to sentence American basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison as closing arguments in her cannabis possession trial were made Thursday.
Russian prosecutors request 9 1/2-year sentence for Brittney Griner
Russian prosecutors have asked a court outside Moscow to sentence Brittney Griner to 9½ years in prison on cannabis possession charges.
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