Brittney Griner remains in prison and the injustice continues. The American basketball superstar had challenged the verdict that sentenced her to nine and a half years in prison in Russia for trafficking in cannabis. The result fell on Tuesday 25 October: her appeal was rejected. According to AFP, the only concession granted by the Krasnogorsk court is an easing of his sentence. Each day spent in prison before sentencing will be counted as a day and a half already served. Sentenced in August, her sentence is now nine years in prison.
“False” legal proceedings.
A heavy sentence for cannabis oil and a vaper, found in his luggage at Moscow airport last February. Despite the prescription demonstrating the drug’s medical use to relieve chronic pain in the basketball player, Russian justice had already been tough and inflexible. Pressure from Washington also seemed to have no effect. Faced with a still rigid court, Jake Sullivan, the National Security Advisor of the White House, does not mince words, and has considered this legal procedure “false”. “President Biden was very clear that Brittney needed to be released immediately,” he added. Joe Biden’s administration is still trying to secure the young woman’s return to the United States and would try to negotiate a prisoner swap. Here too the absurdities accumulate. Brittney Griner could be mistaken for Viktor Bout. Arrested in Thailand in 2008, this Russian arms dealer is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States. An unequal exchange for an unfair sentence, the bill is good.
Source: Madmoizelle
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