Essence Magazine:
By Bry'onna Mention· Updated October 25, 2022
A Russian court has left the nine-year prison sentence handed to WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession in place, rejecting her appeal, Tuesday.
Griner, now 32, was convicted of drug smuggling Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. She has been in Russian custody since February, just shortly before the
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