Russian court rejects Brittney Griner's appeal of 9-year sentence
MOSCOW — A Russian court on Tuesday upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal.
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Russian court rejects Brittney Griner’s appeal against 9-year sentence
MOSCOW: A Russian court has upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal. Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.
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Brittney Griner: Russian court hears appeal against nine-year prison sentence
US basketball star Brittney Griner has appealed against her nine-year prison sentence in Russia for drug possession.
US basketball star Griner's Russian appeal hearing adjourned until 1000 GMT
KRASNOGORSK, Russia: A Russian court on Tuesday (Oct 25) began hearing an appeal by US WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner against her conviction and nine-year jail sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs, but promptly adjourned for two hours at her lawyers' request.
Russian court starts hearing appeal of jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner
KRASNOGORSK, Russia : A Russian court on Tuesday began hearing an appeal by U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner against her conviction and nine-year jail sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs.
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