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Michael Sykes

Brittney Griner’s already fraught wrongful imprisonment in Russia just got even worse in a horrifying way

It’s been 8 months since Russia wrongfully detained Brittney Griner for having vape cartridges with hashish oil.

In the time since Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in prison. Her family and supporters have constantly called for her release to no avail. No progress has been made. The US government offered to swap prisoners with Russia, but it didn’t work. Griner and her lawyers tried to appeal her sentence, but it was denied.

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