The athlete from the United States failed to succeed in his appeal at the Moscow Court and must serve the 9 years in prison he was sentenced to.
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The Russian court rejected the appeal of American basketball players Brittney Griner and kept in force the sentence of 9 years in prison for drug possession and smuggling.
The judicial college Court from the region of Moscow I consider the verdict given against the US athlete is legal. was arrested in February with several cartridges of cannabis oil in his suitcase.
At the same time, it ruled that out every day the convicted person spends in pretrial detention in Moscowwhere he is eight months old, will count as one and a half days of your total sentence. “If not, the statement remains unchanged“pointing out the error.
In principle, the Olympic and world champion, with almost eight years in prison, She will soon be transferred to a women’s prison.. Grinerwho turned 32 last week, attended the hearing held in the city of Krasnogorskwhere he also went elizabeth roodcharge d’affaires of the embassy of USA in Russia.
“Nine years in prison is too much … and people who commit more heinous crimes receive lesser sentences. I ask to check the sentence. I’m sorry for my mistake. I am guilty, but without bad intentions. I hope the court will consider this.”stated Griner in his turn to speak.
The day before, he had made sure, through his lawyers, that he did not expect “miracles”, although he expected the court to hear the arguments of the defense The athlete’s defenders asked the Court from the region of Moscow already acquit him or reduce his sentencewhile the prosecution asked to keep it stable.
“We are considering the Court of Khimki falsely established criminal intent. Griner is missing”, declared one of the athlete’s lawyers. And let me add: “He fully accepted his sin and the court took only partial account of his admission of guilt.”.
In his opinion, the decision issued in August was unfair and “Extraordinary“ due both to the small amount of cannabis seized and to his achievements in sports and humanitarian activities. however, the prosecutor asked the court to keep the sentence in effect last August 4.
before that, the USA basketball team disagreed and you confirmed his support for the athlete through social networks.
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Source: Tycsports
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