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WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian on Drug Possession Charges

WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian on Drug Possession Charges

Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison, on charges of smuggling drugs into the country. Griner’s lawyers said, in a statement sent with PEOPLE, that the verdict, which is below the maximum sentence of 10 years, is “absolutely unreasonable” and stated they will “certainly file an appeal.” An Russian judge […]