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Brittney Griner found guilty, sentenced to 9 ½ years on drug charges

By Tatum Mitchell | Opinion Editor

Brittney Griner, eight-time WNBA All-Star and former Lady Bear, has received a nine-and-a-half year sentence from a Russian court on cannabis possession charges, six months after her arrest at a Moscow airport.

Baylor's Brittney Griner holds the trophy as she and teammate celebrate after an NCAA women's college basketball tournament regional final against Tennessee, Monday, March 26, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. Baylor won 77-58. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

“The verdict, virtually preordained in a legal system in which defendants are rarely acquitted, leaves Ms.