The defense of the American basketball player imprisoned in Russia has appealed the sentence imposed by the Moscow court.
defense of Brittney Griner has stated that appealed against the nine-year prison sentence weighing the American basketball player for possession and drug trafficking dictated by Russian Justice.
“Team defending Brittney Grinner appeals Khimki court decision”said the statement issued this Monday by Marina Blaglovolina and Alexandr BoykovWNBA star attorneys.
your lawyers questioned as evidence cannabis samples taken by Russian police, After he was arrested on February 17 at the airport of Moscowwhere he arrived on a flight from New York.
The athlete was arrested in February of this year after less than a gram of cannabis oil was found in vaporizer cartridges in his luggage. He was sentenced to nine years in prison, the maximum sentence for this type of crime is 10 years in Russia, and hopes of returning to the United States soon depend on a possible prisoner exchange.
Source: Tycsports
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