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According to E! Online, Brittney Griner’s appeal of her 9-year prison sentence has been denied by a Russian court. As expected, the Twitterverse left no crumb behind while expressing both outrage and disappointment in Griner’s appeal getting denied. A lot of people believe there are political motives behind Griner’s sentence on Russia’s side. Some comments included,”Why would they release her when her own country is involved in an escalating proxy war against them? They look at her as a bargaining chip down the road. We already know that Russia doesn’t play fair,” along with, “This is an important lesson for people. Do not travel to autocratic nations like Russia or China. This is obviously political now. President Biden going to have to do something huge to get Putin to release Griner.”
There were also a lot of people who reached out to the President of the United States in the hope that he could flex some of that international diplomacy skills that would help bring Griner back home. One critic wrote, “C’mon @JoeBiden, you’re the most powerful politician in the world, let’s make ’em an offer they can’t refuse.”
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Even though this is not the news that Griner’s fans were hoping for, a lot of people can’t help but wonder how her days and nights are going to look like for the next nine years that she is expected to spend in a Russian penal colony. All hope is not lost just yet.
