Brittney Griner

When You’re Not As Popular As You Thought You Were

Three high profile American women have been in the news recently for disparate reasons; all three probably wish they weren’t. Brittney Griner’s troubles have been well-documented. One can argue that the 9 year sentence she received for that drug misadventure at Moscow airport was manifestly excessive – as indeed it was, but one cannot argue […]

Justice in the Land of the FreeTM

I feel for American basketball player Brittney Griner. Did she break the law? Yes, she did, and she pled guilty at trial. But a sentence of nine years — to be spent in what the New York Times calls a “penal colony” — for bringing hashish into Russia for self-treatment (assuming this is true) seems […]
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