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.
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.
Jailed US basketball star Griner "not expecting miracles" at Russian appeal
MOSCOW : U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner "does not expect miracles" at her appeal hearing on Tuesday against a nine-year Russian jail term for having cannabis oil in her luggage, her lawyers said in a statement.
Nets' Kyrie Irving tells Biden to get Brittney Griner home: 'POTUS, do your job'
Former U.S. intel officer Rebekah Koffler provides analysis on the Russian courts’ decision to sentence WNBA player Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
US detainee Brittney Griner thanks fans as she spends birthday in Russian prison
US basketball star Brittney Griner, whose appeal against a Russian prison sentence is scheduled to be heard next week, thanked fans for their support on her 32nd birthday.