President Joe Biden called today’s Brittney Griner’s prison sentence in Russia as “unacceptable.”
WNBA star Griner has been convicted of drug possession. She has now been sentenced to nine years.
Griner was charged for having vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her possession when she flew to Moscow in February.
#UPDATE: A judge in Russia has convicted and sentenced American basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling. https://t.co/6ZqZ7NGEtS
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) August 4, 2022
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement regarding Brittney Griner: pic.twitter.com/FMQZsHBDVv
— NBA (@NBA) August 4, 2022
#BREAKING https://t.co/ZtlHc0d31Q
— Tracy Sabol (@TracySabolDC) August 4, 2022
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