Brittney Griner got the news. She wouldn’t have to hear the “racist” American national anthem for nine more years! A Russian judge convicted Griner of drug possession and drug smuggling and sentenced her to 9 years in prison. Griner will also have to pay a million rubles in fines. You do the crime, you do the time. Your race card may work here, but it doesn’t work in Russia.
Normally, I’d be furious that an American is being held in a foreign country like this. Not in this case however. I have absolutely NO sympathy for Griner and her America hating ways. Enjoy life in a Russian prison for the next nine years. Joe Biden can’t get you out. He can’t even complete a sentence.
A Russian court sentenced WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison Thursday, an expected conclusion to her trial that should allow negotiations for a prisoner swap to accelerate.
Griner, who was arrested Feb. 17 for bringing cannabis into the country, had been prepared for a harsh sentence, sources close to the player said. But she and her supporters have also been aware that Russia was not going to move forward with a trade that could bring her home until her trial was completed. A guilty verdict was considered a foregone conclusion, and Griner pleaded guilty July 7, though the case continued under Russian law.
During sentencing, Judge Anna Sotnikova said she had found that Griner intentionally broke the law. Prosecutors had asked for a 9½-year sentence.
Sotnikova said the time Griner has served in custody since her arrest in February would count toward the sentence.
Griner reacted to the sentence with little emotion, listening to the verdict with a blank stare on her face.