The American basketball player imprisoned in Russia heard from Judge Anna Sotnikova his guilt for “possession and illegal introduction of narcotics through customs.”
Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court in Khimki, Moscow. The Prosecutor Nikolai Vlasenko requested 9.5 years in prison, the maximum for the crime he was charged with was 10 years, plus payment of a fine of one million rubles (over $16,000). The judge Anna Sotnikova He argued some of the circumstances and passed the sentence.
The fact that he admitted his guilt and his achievements as a basketball player, world champion and Olympian made his sentence slightly less than what the prosecutor requested. The Russian basketball player asked for leniency in his final presentation before the magistrate left the area and returned with the decision: “I made a mistake without bad intentions and I hope the decision will not end my life.”
Judge Anna Sotnikova said Griner was guilty of “illegal possession and introduction of narcotics through customs” and sentenced him to 9 years in prison. Prosecutor Nikolai Vlasenko considered that “Brittney Griner’s guilt has been fully proven.”
grin, the sentence will be served in a correctional colony of the general regimeas reported by The Russian news agency Interfax and must pay the prescribed fine. The basketball player of Phoenix Mercury of the United States and UMMC Ekaterinburg of the Russian League, during the WNBA offseason, she was jailed in February when less than a gram of cannabis in vape cartridges was found in her luggage.
Imprisoned since then, he awaited the start of the trial in the first days of July and now they have passed the sentence. The hope of repatriation is in one possibility and it is the diplomatic route for the exchange of hostages that can be advanced. The United States will receive Paul Whelan, who was sentenced to 16 years for espionage, and Russia demands the release of Víktor But, “The Merchant of Death”, an arms dealer who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in North America.
Source: Tycsports
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