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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Prisoner swap for Brittney Griner was one-sided

Officers enter the plane carrying American basketball star Brittney Griner after landing at the JBSA-Kelly Field Annex runway on Dec. 9 in San Antonio, after she was released from a Russian prison in exchange for a notorious arms dealer. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)

It seems that I am in the minority, but I am outraged by the deal that the Biden administration made in trading a Russian convicted arms dealer, Victor Bout for WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner.

Bout is likely indirectly responsible for the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands of people. Many resources were used to bring him to justice, only to trade him for Griner who admitted that she was indeed in possession of an illegal substance when she entered Russia.

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