NY Times · Aug 5, 2022
Griner’s Guilty Verdict Strengthens Supporters’ Resolve
The W.N.B.A. star was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony, but her supporters insist they will do “whatever we can to get her home.”
The W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for nearly six months and now faces a nine-year sentence in a penal colony.Credit...Pool photo by Evgenia NovozheninaNothing about Thursday’s proceedings in a Russian courthouse, where the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner was being tried on drug smuggling charges, surprised experts familiar with Russia’s legal process. Griner was convicted and sentenced to a penal colony for nine years — just one year shy of the maximum sentence.