Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Griner sentenced to 9 years
View Single Post
 
Old 08-05-2022, 02:04 PM
jimjamuser jimjamuser is online now
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 9,871
Thanks: 6,864
Thanked 2,239 Times in 1,807 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Whitley View Post
So you agree with her getting prison time then?

She knowingly broke Russian law, and now the US is pressured to release a terrorist who is responsible for many deaths in an attempt to get her free. She was not working on behalf of the USA (unless we just do not know about it).
I, for one, am not sure that "she KNOWINGLY broke Russian law". I believe that she testified that she was not AWARE that an illegal substance was in her suitcase. If that is true, then no one can ever be sure about the "knowingly" part of the story.