According to her lawyer, 'She is afraid that she will have to serve the whole sentence here in Russia.'
Brittney Griner, the professional American basketball player imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, is reportedly"struggling emotionally" as she awaits her upcoming appeal at a penal colony outside Moscow. Griner's lawyer Alexandr D. Boykov said in a recent interviewOn Aug.
Griner testified that she packed the vape cartridges accidentally and that she had no criminal intent, according to the. After the conviction, her lawyers argued that the punishment was excessive, considering the maximum sentence for the charge is 10 years, and similar cases have resulted in average sentences of about five years with the possibility of parole.
"I never meant to hurt anybody, I never meant to put in jeopardy the Russian population, I never meant to break any laws here," Griner said in her final statement, as reported byIn her ninth month in detention, according to Boykov, Griner is allowed outside only once a day for an hour, and though she sleeps on a special bed to accommodate her 6'9" frame, she spends the rest of her time in a cell with two other women.
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