Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison

Brittney Griner has been found guilty of drugs possession and smuggling and was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison on Thursday.

In court outside Moscow, the judge handed down the verdict stemming from the American basketball star’s arrest Feb. 17 at a Moscow airport. Griner had been found with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage, with the court ruling that Griner committed the crime “deliberately.”

The verdict had…