hello and welcome. president biden has described as unacceptable the sentencing of us basketball star brittney griner to nine years in a russian prison for possessing and smuggling drugs. she admitted to having cannabis oil when she was detained in moscow in february, but maintained she hadn t intended to break the law. washington has offered a prisoner swap, but it hasn t been taken up. azadeh moshiri reports. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the rest of the population. i never meant to break any laws here. it population. i never meant to break any laws here.- population. i never meant to break any laws here. it was her final plea break any laws here. it was her final plea to break any laws here. it was her final plea to a break any laws here. it was her final plea to a russian - break any laws here. it was her final plea to a russian court - final plea to a russian court as the us bas
intended to use the cannabis oil authorities had found in her luggage, britney griner was sentenced to nine years in prison for smuggling and possessing narcotics. the lawyers said they will appeal the verdict. translation: iii the verdict. translation: , ., theverdict. translation: ,,~u, translation: if you look at the statistics, translation: if you look at the statistics. at translation: if you look at the statistics, at least translation: if you look at the statistics, at least one translation: if you look at the statistics, at least one third - statistics, at least one third of russians on similar charges receive a suspended sentence and all the rest receive a minimum sentence under article 229 but not nine years. considered one of the best female players in the years, mrs griner travelled to russia to play basketball in the us off season but after her arrest at a moscow airport, it took six months for the trial to finally reach this point. her only hope now is a prisoner ex
given access to a lawyer and little of what she was told or forced to sign was translated facing 10 years in a russian prison, here is more of what she had to say. no. my rights were never read to me. no one explained any of it to me. already in a russian jail serving a 16-year sentence american paul whalen, a corporate security executive who was picked up by russians charged and convicted of espionage. he and his family say that he is innocent. it s the return of these two americans, secretary blinken says discuss in a phone call soon. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, their first back and forth since russia invaded ukraine. the top priority is he explained. griner, who been wrongfully detained and must be allowed to come home. we put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate the release. that proposal could reportedly involve a swap of the
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star starter by the wnba, a league mvp and wnba champion from the phoenix mercury, britney griner! she s our sister. at the end of the day we re going to do whatever we can to amplify the platform that we have. we need to get her back home. she deserves to be home. i m so grateful that everybody in this arena is actually still remembering my wife even without her being here. griner, who has been detained in russia since february, recently pleaded to president biden for help, her wife detailing the response from the president. it brought me so much joy as well as bg. he understood and he sees her as a person and he has not