""I made an honest mistake, and I hope that in your ruling, it doesn't end my life here," Griner said in court at the time."
"The U.S. State Department previously described Griner as being "wrongfully detained," while President Biden called her conviction "unacceptable.""
""I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends and teammates," Biden said."
A Russian court denied the appeal of Brittney Griner, maintaining a nine-year prison sentence while crediting each pretrial day as one and a half, effectively reducing the real-time term to about eight years. Griner was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport after Russian officials said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage. Griner pleaded guilty in July, saying she packed the canisters by accident and that she had been prescribed cannabis for pain treatment. Griner appeared at the hearing via video from a Russian penal colony. U.S. officials have called for her release and described her detention as wrongful.
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