However, it's not the main issue that we are concerned about," he said. "In this tense situation, I think that he is thinking first and foremost about the upcoming midterm elections so he keeps emphasizing the need to bring back home the basketball player who was detained for drug smuggling. 16, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told Rossiya-1 - a state-owned Russian television channel - that reaching a deal is not currently a priority. While the United States government has been working on Griner's release, the matter seems to be less urgent for Russia. I really hope that the court will adjust this sentence, because it's been very, very stressful and very traumatic to my mental and psyche, being away from my family and not being able to communicate." "I don't understand the first court's decision to give one year less than the max when I've been here almost 8 months, and people with more severe crimes have gotten less than what I was given. "This has been very traumatic experience, waiting for this day, waiting for the first court, and getting nine years for a crime that I was barely over the significant amount," Griner told the Moscow hearing during her appeal session.
ACTUAL US JAIL CELL TRIAL
One day of detention before the trial is being counted as 1 1/2 days in prison, which means Griner's sentence now has around eight years remaining. Since she has been in Russian custody for about eight months, her remaining sentence will be recalculated based on how long she was in pre-trial detention. 17 at Sheremetyevo International Airport, when the Russian Federal Customs Service found vape cartridges containing the marijuana concentrate hashish oil in her luggage. The Phoenix Mercury center has been in Russian custody since being detained on Feb. Her legal team attempted to appeal on Oct. Brittney Griner, an eight-time WNBA All-Star and two-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, was found guilty on drug charges in Russia and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison in August.
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