The newsroom tonight and joins us with more on that part of the story. Dan. Well, catherine, vicki, the 1 31 yearold basketball star was found deliberately smuggling cannabis oil into a russian airport. Griner was arrested back in february, accused of having the illegal vape cartridges in her luggage. But there have been concerns that griner has been detained as a political because of the United States stance on russias invasion of ukraine. Today, sentencing brought about strong reaction, including what comes next for griner. The 2 time olympic Gold Medalist and wnba superstar with a blank expression, as she learned her fate 9 years in a russian prison. The guilty verdict for Brittney Griner was expected, but calls from the u. S. Continue to demand for her release bay area. Congresswoman barbara lee taking to social media saying the conviction was absolutely disgraceful and that griner should be home with her wife and loved ones but is instead being used by russia as a political, i thi