Brittney Griner’s Defense Team Has Found Their Argument

Brittney Griner’s defense team is doing  whatever they can  to defend their client.

Brittney Griner’s defense team is arguing that her cannabis use is purely medicinal, amid the Phoenix Mercury star’s ongoing drug trial in Russia where she had been held since February. Griner had been caught carrying the drug at a Moscow airport, where it is illegal.

“We are not arguing that Brittney took it here as a medicine. We are still saying that she involuntarily brought it here because she was in a rush,” defense attorney Alexander Boykov said at Griner’s trial, Tuesday.

He added: “The Russian public has to know, and the Russian court in the first place has to know, that it was not used for recreational purposes in the United States. It was prescribed by a doctor.”

Brittney Griner's defense team argued the cannabis oil she was arrested over was prescribed by a doctor.

"We are not arguing that Brittney took it here as a medicine. We are still saying that she involuntarily brought it here because she was in a rush." https://t.co/zruuujgmwL

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Griner faces up to 10 years in prison. Her legal team hopes are that the medical excuse and lack of criminal intent would reduce her sentence.

Maria Blagovolina, another of Griner’s lawyers, said:

“We have a lot of mitigating factors. So we do hope that the court will take it into consideration. And the courts in Russia, in fact, have very broad discretion with regard to the sentence.”

Russian media have speculated that Griner could be exchanged for prominent Russian arms trader Viktor Bout but there has been no talk of that happening as of yet.

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