Brittney Griner’s attempts to appeal a nine-year prison sentence for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil into Russia came to a grinding halt after a three-judge panel upheld the summertime sentence.
Tuesday’s verdict was delivered shortly after the 32-year-old WNBA star’s defence team outlined the many reasons why they believed the “excessively harsh” sentence should either be acquitted or, at the very least, reduced.
