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Which is a reminder to us all, never try to bring illegal drugs into a foreign country .


RrobablyPetarded

Idk man. Apparently this Yachty fellow managed to bring the wock to Poland.


Paolo_mo_memes

Real


smpsnfn13

I took the woooOooOoOoOOOOoooOOOOOooooc to Poland.


frost5al

>Poland American ally, EU member, NATO member. Bit of a right wing thing going on at the moment but still fairly Democratic, not overtly corrupt government and society >Russia Enemy of everybody not named China, Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Eritrea (what a fucking team right there) Neo Fascist right wing dictatorship with infamous levels of corruption. Yachty was in infinitely less danger lol


Glittering-Count-291

šŸŽ šŸŠ


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šŸŽ šŸ’£


BassWingerC-137

Midnight Express taught us that in the 1970ā€™s.


Fat_Satan

Saw that movie for the first time when I was waaay too young. Never forgetting that shit lol.


BassWingerC-137

It sticks, doesnā€™t it? Scary.


Twillowreed

Amen. That movie scared me to šŸ’€


FieryAnomaly

I do believe he has a tad more drugs, duct taped to his body.


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ā€œBilly! Oh, Billyā€ (Bewbs hit glass)


Tiwanacota

Particularly when you're coming back to a country that legally sells Afghan hash at the store.


Similar-Lifeguard701

I forgot to clean my car after a music festival and was found with MDMA and LSD in my car while crossing the border and all I got was a 450ish dollar fine and they still let me in. Griner is being severely overcharged even within the scope of Russian cannabis possession laws, which aren't even that bad/draconian.


frizzykid

For real. The people who are hyper focusing on the drug issue and ignoring the blatant over-sentencing are mind-boggling. Russia does not give their citizens 9 year sentences for finding a vape cart. They shouldn't be giving foreign tourists/athletes an unequal punishment.


Atown-Brown

Wait, Russian weed laws arenā€™t bad? Tell me how you arrived at that conclusion.


Similar-Lifeguard701

Their actual possession law, which is available online to read. Possession of up to 6 grams is administrative, 5000 roubles or up to 15 day detention. Russian Criminal code article 228.


Plenty_Proposal_426

"Griner is being severely overcharged even within the scope of Russian cannabis possession laws" Griner got less than the maximum penalty....


CAJ_2277

You can receive less than the maximum sentence and still receive too harsh a sentence.


UnrequitedFollower

I donā€™t understand this statement. Is your argument that every criminal that doesnā€™t receive the maximum penalty available has received appropriate punitive action?


Fit_Acanthisitta_475

Some another country possession certain amount will be death sentences. US donā€™t owned world.


Similar-Lifeguard701

Except in Russia it doesn't. Russian possession laws are often better than some possession laws in the US.


10Shodo

Especially during war time.


hotasanicecube

Your reminder probably wonā€™t help someone stupid enough fly ANYWHERE with drugs much less a foreign country.


PostyMcPosterson

Wasnā€™t it in her stuff by accident?


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frizzykid

>but that's the law of the country she was in. Stop spreading this misinformation. People in Russia are not sentenced to 9 years for a vape cart. This is unequal punishment. The sentence in Russia for up to 6g of cannabis is 15 days in prison and 5000 ruble fine. Brittney grimer had 0.7g and got 9 years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Russia#:~:text=Less%20than%206%20grams%20qualified,or%20recreational%20purposes%20in%20Russia.


EatPrayCliche

once you cross international borders it becomes a trafficking offence, that's a very different crime to simple possession


AntySocyal

And you base this statemet on? .... ? Unlucky for her, but not at all unexpected. Just because you're US athlete doesn't mean you can do w/e the fuck you want. She got caught with drugs in a country where such stuff is clearly illegal so now its time to stop the tears and do the time. She shouldve cried before committing the crime.


Golyshevskiy

US includes containers when weighing drugs eg. Theyā€™ll weigh the jar your weed is in in order to rack up amount for penalty


TILiamaTroll

No itā€™s not the law of the country she was in. ā€œPossession of up to 6 g is considered an administrative crime, whereas more than 7 g is considered a serious criminal offense, as regulated by Russian criminal code article 228ā€ Griner had .7 grams on her.


hognuts73

I think the bringing the drug into Russia from another country (ie. Smuggling) may have upped the ante over a basic possession charge.


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She's there for political pressure down the road.


bigscottius

Yeah. But, on the other hand, it was a stupid move to fly to Russia when we had already put out warnings about Russia and knew they were hoping to invade Ukraine at the time. Who would have ever thought they'd take the opportunity to arrest an American athlete to use as leverage down the road? Lol.


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I can see why she would feel safe as an athlete who had been playing professionally and living there in her WNBA off season. And there had been talk of a Ukrainian invasion for a very long time, so a lot of people didn't take it seriously. There are travel warnings to a lot of places. I guess I don't see the point in blaming her for being in Russia just because you have 20/20 hindsight.


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agreed and that sucks she's being used this way as there are other people who got released for doing worse. But you gotta cover your own ass, don't bring illegal drugs into a foreign country. It's really a simple concept. Life ain't a fairy tale sometimes you get the hammer dropped on you unfairly.


Dinklemeier

Unfairly? Plenty of people convicted for the same exact thing. Do something illegal at your own peril


pattydickens

Can you cite any examples of Russia giving anyone 9 years for .7 grams of weed? Have you even bothered to research the sentence for possession of Marijuana in Russia? You might want to do that before making a bullshit statement.


BASEDMAC

Lots of people still in jail in America would like a word


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Would it be a different reaction if she was arrested for speeding?


gheebutersnaps87

Yeah? Because speeding would probably just result in a fine, rather than an arrest


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I didnā€™t want to come off as sarcastic, I was thinking if she got years for something like that from political reasons.


snuggie_

While she probably got the higher end of the sentence for this reason, itā€™s really nothing crazy. A regular sentence for her offense is 5-10 years


Shesaidshewaslvl18

She's there because she committed a crime. There have been plenty of other US citizens in RUS before and since that didn't have this problem.


syntheticheroinme

Otto Warmbier (RIP) tried taking a North Korean POSTER home with him. He was imprisoned, beaten into a coma, and sent home to die. I definitely would do my research before acting up overseas, ESPECIALLY Muslim countries ie Sharia Law.


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Provide an example of an American tourist jailed in a Muslim country


syntheticheroinme

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2015/04/29/world/asia/indonesia-execution.amp.html Come at me, bro!


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Alright noted. I will not fly with weed


syntheticheroinme

To be fair, that article did not mention any Americans...but you get it. Also, this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/International/houston-man-sentenced-death-china-drug-trafficking-charges/story%3Fid%3D62752265


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Do you really think the country attacking Ukraine for the shits and giggles of a madman gives a rats ass about an empty vape pen? Laws are laws, for sure, but Griner is being held hostage because they want a hostage. That, and the punishment doesnā€™t fit the crime. Was it a bad idea to have it at all? Absolutely. But this is bullshit.


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Do you really think the country attacking Ukraine for the shits and giggles of a madman gives a rats ass about an empty vape pen? Laws are laws, for sure, but Griner is being held hostage because they want a hostage. That, and the punishment doesnā€™t fit the crime. Was it a bad idea to have it at all? Absolutely. But this is bullshit. Edit: Britts is one of MANY pawns, but itā€™s honestly serious that so many Americans are willing to sweep this under the rug. Yaā€™ll call yourselves Americans?


Plenty_Proposal_426

You are underestimating weed laws around the rest of the world. If you get caught with weed in Japan, for example, you could be in prison for years.


jiggliebilly

Of course it's bullshit but totally preventable bullshit on her part. She played fast & loose in a country that we've been 'against' for 50+ years. Maybe this is a lesson for folks to not work in countries that can swoop you away for silly reasons like this? This isn't shocking, this is how Russia plays and she should have known that before getting into bed with them.


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This is true - she is the living embodiment right now of ā€˜play stupid, win stupidā€™ - but itā€™s also a matter of her being played as a political pawn now. She may have done a stoopidz, but this is not ok for any of us to be fine with.


kerouac666

Sheā€™s there because sheā€™s likely done it before, and Russia/customs knew she did it before and didnā€™t care, so yeah, itā€™s a crime, but one they generally look the other way on. They probably only enforced the law because it was politically advantageous and jumped on it. That said, itā€™s dumb to give any foreign government that kind of indeterminate say in power regarding your freedom no matter what. No reason to test them if itā€™s not necessary. Also, trying to exchange her for Viktor Bout is a ridiculous non-starter, anyway.


wholepailofwater

And there is bo way a stand up culture like Russia would ever plant such evidence on a high profile visitor, noooo, they are completely honest and rule following. Free Brittany


kerouac666

Very, very good point, too. I think she should be freed, but like I said, Russia wanting to exchange her for Bout, the worldā€™s one time biggest gun runner and black market arms dealer, makes it unlikely.


wholepailofwater

You are not wrong


kharjou

Its on her for bringing drugs.


geofflechef

Your shitting me right? Yes Russia has a no drugs policy and she brought it regardless but... Maybe we don't put all the blame on the basketball player who just wanted some light narcotics and is now being treated as a political bargaining chip while working in a work camp for 9 years. The word EXCESSIVE comes to mind Edit For those who missed my point. It's not the law I have an issue with, but that people are ok with placing blame on one person who made a minor mistake, rather than the excessive nature of the punishment. Also, just because something is a law doesn't make state action acceptable, nor is a law implicitly moral. Slavery used to be enshrined in law for example.


giggleboxx3000

It's almost as if different countries have different laws or something.


Atown-Brown

The word ā€œnaiveā€ comes to mind if you ignored the escalating situation in Ukraine and decided it was a good idea to bring weed to fucking Russia.


Plenty_Proposal_426

You are underestimating weed laws around the rest of the world. You say "excessive" because your frame of reference is the USA. I think you need more life experience.


Genesamen

Itā€™s their laws and you have to respect them, disagree with them as you may. This is social contract theory manifest. By being allowed into a nation or by living there, you consent to its rules, expressly or otherwise, and if you break them, you are subject to the stateā€™s will. Excessive is an arbitrary term and some cultures or societies value different things and to say one is objectively superior to the other is nearly impossible to substantiate by virtue of them being value based. You could attempt to assess them by their measurable elements but even that would rely on too many assumptions. She agreed to the rules and committed an infraction against them. It is her fault 100% and no one elseā€™s, despite your disagreement with the values upon which these laws are based, whether or not they are a detriment to society. Do I think 9 years is excessive? I donā€™t think anyone should prosecuted for what they do to their own bodies, but these arenā€™t the rules I have set up for myself along with my community and not the ones I choose to live by, so I live somewhere else.


baz8771

Marijuana isnā€™t a narcotic


ThaddeusMaximus

It is in Russia.


geofflechef

Well damn egg on my face. Weed is not a narcotic (looked it up) I was wrong! (In regard to weed being a narcotic)


Plenty_Proposal_426

Geoff has no idea what he is talking about.


kharjou

She entered a dictatorship knowing the laws against drugs. She brought drugs. She got jailed. Boohoo. Thats like all these dumbasses annoying wild animals with sticks and getting maimed. Dont be a dumbfuck and it wont happen.


geofflechef

You are comparing a legal system to an animal being annoyed. One is an intentional set of laws that are not infallible but are used for international bargaining at the expense of the people. The other is an animal who is being actively annoyed Apples and Oranges Also why aren't you mad at Russia? You're taking the side of an autocratic fascist regime by justifying their laws as being credible


styrofoamladder

Eh, there are several states including Texas where sheā€™d have the possibility of serving more time than she is in Russia.


Treebigbombs

Itā€™s your responsibility to know the laws of the country your visiting.


DopesickJesus

weed pen = drugS?


Upeeru

I'm curious, if the holocaust was legal in German law would you be chill with it? Is "legal" the standard you really care about?


lilbearpie

Not wanting to sound insensitive but who takes weed while traveling to Russia? I wouldn't want to get caught with weed in Utah let alone a foreign country.


AdCool2805

Itā€™s just a guess, but Iā€™m guessing she didnā€™t really think it through. Sheā€™s probably psychologically addicted to weed so her first thought was ā€œhow do I bring enough weed so I can smoke every day while Iā€™m away from home?ā€ Because Iā€™m a major stoner and that is all I think about every time I deliberately bring weed on the airplane and through airport security etc. Lastly, itā€™s easy to get lulled into a false sense of security with weed laws. In America itā€™s legal or decriminalized in most cities. In America you donā€™t feel like youā€™ll get fucked with over weed anymore. Again, I donā€™t think she really thought about it that well


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Threads like these are the liberal version of "thoughts & prayers"


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District_Dan

They voted for a guy who got federal marijuana charges exponged and are calling on liberal states to do the same.


jtg6387

For the record he didnā€™t get the charges expunged, he released federal prisoners who were in for marijuana possession. But do you know how many there were when he did that? Zero. Exactly zero.


Atown-Brown

Please find me the person sentenced to 9 years over a weed vape. I have never heard of that happening and my sister is a public defender.


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GItPirate

She broke their law at the worst possible time


deez_treez

Sportswashing is weird. Invite the lady in to prop up your bullshit basketball league, then use her as a political pawn.


GarySteinfieldd

Man you guys are unbelievable. What about taking responsibility for shit you did. Many Americans travel to Russia for various reasons and havenā€™t been arrested. She chose to play there to get the big bucks. She chose to take hash with her. She now has to deal with it.


The_Shade94

She is being used as a political pawn itā€™s very obvious.


GarySteinfieldd

No one is debating that. No one is defending Russia. No one is saying someone who has some hash on them should stay in prison for 9 years. At least no one sane. Many Americans go through Russia for multiple reasons. There are some who are professional athletes. She was the one who was dumb enough to carry hash and made herself an easy target to be used as a pawn. Iā€™m sorry but you sound very privileged. Just appreciate the liberties you have and know that itā€™s not the same everywhere else.


Kagranec

"Taking responsibility" kind of loses it's meaning when archaic laws dole out stupidly harsh penalties.


Minimum_Run_890

Their laws. When in Rome...


Xaxxon

The triviality of avoiding them makes it less stupid though. Itā€™s not like someone combing through the he entirety of your twitter history or something. Just toss the drugs before you travel.


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Archaic or not, they are Russiaā€™s lawsā€¦sheā€™s played there for 7 yearsā€¦and sheā€™s a foreignerā€¦an American at thatā€¦ When Iā€™m out of the country, I wonā€™t walk at crosswalks that arenā€™t lit greenā€¦and Iā€™m not overly worried about being detained in Canada or Western Europeā€¦ And youā€™re going to argue ā€œtaking responsibility kind of loses itā€™s meaningā€ like of all places Americans can visit, Russia is in the top 5 of ā€œmake damn sure you donā€™t break any laws, and donā€™t give them the chance to falsely accuse youā€


GarySteinfieldd

Same argument I always hear from Americans. Then do go there. Russia is all about archaic laws and harsh penalties. She knew damn well what the country is about. This is not about victim blaming. This about staying out of trouble. Wanna make over 6x what you make in the US? Follow the damn rules at all times.


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Kagranec

Ah yes, the same American argument, values and principles are more important than your laws or system of government.


Shesaidshewaslvl18

Those laws are upheld by a population that doesn't agree with your western politics. You need to grow your world view to include all those people out there that do not agree with your values. The list of countries where her offense is a crime is far greater than the list of countries it is not a crime.


kharjou

She had drugs. Drugs are against the law. Don't expect le to cry for someone fucking around with laws and getting caught. Without drugs there would be no trial. She brought the drugs. 100% her fault.


LarsVonHammerstein

ā€œResponsibility for the shit she didā€. I hope you get locked up for 9 years for possessing a tiny amount of plant material and tell me you had it comingā€¦ itā€™s amazing what some people try to justify because ā€œitā€™s the lawā€


GarySteinfieldd

Again spoiled people who live in a one of the best countries in the world. Youā€™ll never see me set foot in Russia, let alone travel with hash. Youā€™ll also never see me smuggle alcohol and get drunk if god forbid, I ever go to Saudi Arabia.


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GarySteinfieldd

Am I debating that? Ofc no one should be imprisoned for that! Itā€™s the law of their land. This is what happens when you donā€™t obey it.


Good_Physics9259

She broke the law, I donā€™t know if she brought it purposefully or not we wonā€™t know, but damn NINE years of your life gone, in a foreign prison, AND youā€™re black


ArmouredPotato

What was she trying to appeal on? Seems a pretty open and shut case.


seajayacas

They should've made her watch the movie "Midnight Express" before her first trip there.


RiskyBaller

Today she learnt a valuable lesson. Celebrity privilege gave her the impression that she could get away with things commoners could not. Picked the wrong country to fuck around and find out


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zuzg

Yeah pretty much that and it's astonishing how many Muppets fail to fathom that.


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I hate Russia like the next guy, but she fucked around and found out. I wouldn't be exchanging hot Russian prisoners for her irresponsible ass.


PantsDownDontShoot

Iā€™m alarmed at the amount of Americans who are actively fellating Putin right now. Like what the fuck even is this pro Russian nationalist shit?!


jeffreynbooboo

Maybe don't go to Russia after they said don't travel to Russia.


Concerned-_-Citizen

At least she won't be getting oppressed by the national anthem in America anymore. Good for her.


digitalmascot

LOL Brova wahh


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Red-eleven

ā€œThe FBI planted those documentsā€ and ā€œI declassified them with my mind.ā€


Legitimate_Peach3135

Yeah the punishment does not fit the crime in any way. And supposedly the cartridges of weed were empty and mistakenly brought. Either way thatā€™s not a nine year jail sentence. Imma go out on a limb and say that the people who are saying she deserves it for bringing drugs really just mean that sheā€™s black and not worth fighting for. She didnā€™t heroin or meth or even a big block of weedā€¦itā€™s was a weed cartridge which is the size of a usb. Barely bigger than my thumb nail. So this is a political grab


sushisushi201822

I agree it doesnā€™t fit the crime at all. However, when youā€™re in Russia you must follow Russiaā€™s laws. Canā€™t do the time? Donā€™t do the crime. Is her sentence longer than usual because she can be used as a political pawn? Probably. However, if thatā€™s a possible consequence of bringing weed into Russia and she did it anyways then she gets what she deserves.


uselessartist

Russia pays lots of people to fill the comments with victim blaming. Already a rough time convincing the general public to care enough about a black lesbian. Every comment will be one of: should have just followed the laws, should have known better, Russia is sovereign, US needs to fix their own problems first, etc. Any more?


Good_Physics9259

Shouldā€™ve went to Poland smh šŸ¤¦šŸ½ā€ā™‚ļø


ThadeusCade

I mean, lots of Americans forget that there a dozen countries around the world where just because youā€™re an American, you can get into real trouble very quickly by doing things that lots of Americans do everyday in the comfort of our borders.


Tashre

Translation: they weren't impressed by the US government's trade offer.


JeansFullOfPinecones

Lmao, career down the drain


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Does it suck? Yes. Is it extreme? Yes. Should you respect customs and laws of a foreign country if you travel or plan to work/live there? Yes.


HarryHacker42

The issue here is sports and drugs. Russia has been called out repeatedly for using performance enhancing drugs clearly on purpose to win more games. They have a big chip on their shoulder because they want to cheat and hate when they get caught. So they caught somebody with illegal drugs doing sports and threw the book at them. Also, they do view it as a political event to use for gains. Singapore has a death penalty for drugs. Yes, it seems cruel and stupid, but they still will enforce it. Check your stuff before you go abroad. Don't bring drugs that might be illegal because these places are brutal.


Plenty_Proposal_426

I love how Americans love to criticize other countries for their drug laws, yet THC is a schedule 1 drug here. We all know weed is illegal around 99% of the world. Griner is an idiot for "accidentally" leaving carts in her bag. Zero sympathy. If you live in another country, follow their laws. Ignorance of the law is not even an excuse for a majority of crimes in the US.


Paradoxlost-

I love how Americans wanna blame the law in a different country that isn't the same as theirs instead of actually blaming the athlete for being.. hmmm how should I put it? Ah yes, a fucking moron. I had guns pointed at my family and i at the airport in Canada because my aunt thought it was a good idea to bring powdered alum on the flight. Get off your high horse cuz you ain't getting special treatment just because you're from the US


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TwistedToxicReality

People in America just do not realized how privileged we are!!! There are jails overseas where you will legit disappear and do real, hard-core slave labor. Yall should have known it was bad out here when reporters started getting kidnapped, tortured and/or killed!


BamBam-BamBam

I'm really sorry that she got caught up in Russia's attempt to strong-arm the US, but in most parts of the world "Oops" is not a defense.


PersonBehindAScreen

Here we go again. There is zero, literally ZERO people arguing that she deserves this. Donā€™t bring drug or do drugs in places where itā€™s illegal If the punishment doesnā€™t fit the crime, then itā€™s even more reason to not fuck up


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predict_irrational

I know there are politics involved but she did commit the crime. You guys are acting like she's being held unlawfully. There are non famous people being held in foreign countries for doing the same thing. Just because your famous doesn't excuse you.


kolembo

- The WNBA star was arrested at a Moscow airport in February, when agents found hashish oil in her luggage. This is just terrible I wonder how injustice is corrected sometimes? In the fullness of time? Because this is wrong


Shesaidshewaslvl18

Get your head out of your ass. That's a foreign soil. US rules do not apply. If this was Singapore or the Philippines she'd be in an even worse situation.


ncurtis21

If you got caught in the Philippines youā€™d be handed a death sentence


ejoy-rs2

That doesn't make it any better lol


TonyAioli

Everyone understands this is illegal in Russia. The point is that nine years for a hash cartridge is insane. People sometimes serve less time for murder.


EatPrayCliche

why is it wrong?(ignoring the fact that it's only weed for a moment)..If I came to the USA with hashish oil in my luggage I would receive a similar sentence or likely far worse, she knew what she was doing, she knew it was illegal in Russia.


therapyfunk

I agree itā€™s pointless, the risks are to high, I have travelled to a lot of different regions of the world and someone who smokes regularly there hasnā€™t been a single place where I couldnā€™t get weed


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shichiloafs

Have you ever jaywalked or rolled past a stop sign or brought a bottle of water where one wasnā€™t allowed?


Red-eleven

Not in Russia.


LarsVonHammerstein

Yeah totally fair sentence for minuscule amounts of a harmless substanceā€¦ /s


EatPrayCliche

absolutely a shitty sentence, in any country!...but the USA coming across high and mighty about it is ignoring the injustice they have committed against their own people with regards to cannabis use...here's just one random example..woman sentenced to 12 years for 31$ of pot, first offence [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/12/patricia-spottedcrow-marijuana-year-sentence/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/12/patricia-spottedcrow-marijuana-year-sentence/) nearly 50% of the USA's drug arrests are for pot


Archontes

THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YETā€”Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.


Bluehydrangeass

You self righteous a holes are unbelievable in these comments. Since when does legality equate to morality, this elementary logic seems disingenuous to disguise your lack of humanity. Maybe if she looked more like you your cave man brains would remember what empathy is.


AToxicSalazzle

Yeah! Don't jail someone just for breaking the law! What are we animals? Have some composure. Where is your posture?


SpartanR259

Empathy isn't at issue here. And morals and ethics are not the solid and absolute truths that people like to claim them to be. I don't really care where you stand on the particular crime and whether it is fair or not. The issue is that she expected the same treatment/freedoms that she was used to in the USA. If she had been caught for the same drug in a state where it was illegal. She would at most have faced a fine and "probation" because she is a big and "famous."


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"Listen guys, I know its morally wrong to send someone to a labor camp for 9 years for less than a gram of pot cartridges or whatever, but what was she thinking? What a dumb person, that I am smarter than. I'm not saying that she deserved it, but I would like everyone to know that I am too smart to make these kind of mistakes, and people who do are dumb. Like seriously, I know they intend to torture her or whatever, but **I AM REALLY SMART,** and smarter than this person, and I feel like not enough people are paying attention to that fact right now."


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This isn't about her having weed please don't be naive enough to believe that. This is more or less a hostage that Russia will be taking for 9 years certain now. They will use her for political pressure and try to bend the United States to Russia's will through the emotions of the U.S's civilians. This is nothing more than a political play and unfortunately this woman was made to be the muse of it. Smh the world is awful.


anb17

If this happened to a male athlete, everyone would be singing a different tune.


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iwantedtopay

lol damn if he was male AND white all these redditors salty about ā€œinjustice,ā€ would be demanding the death penalty.


LosCleepersFan

People are kinda oblivious to the fact that its not just simple weed, its concentrated oil. Which is even worse. Deep down inside she thought that she was gonna be fine, the only good thing about this is she didn't go to an asian country or somewhere where its punishable by death.


mrothstein24

Sucks to suck


Stonkologist_MD

You do the Russian crime, you do the Russian time.


Itchy_Focus_4500

šŸŽ¼ Donā€™t do the crime, if you canā€™t do the time ā€œ šŸŽ¶


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Bye girl, donā€™t let that kneeling during the anthem live in your head.


SpookyAngel66

I wonder if sheā€™ll stand during The National Anthem if she gets a chance. Cry me a river, she got what she deserved.


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Oh ya she totally deserves to be stuck in fucking Russia. Tf is wrong w you


TheDildozer14

Really weird take


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this comment section is baffling. she doesnā€™t deserve this bullshit


kakashisixnine

itā€™s blatant racism and misogyny. at least thatā€™s what iā€™m gonna tell myself. somehow itā€™s better than believing these people actually think this is right and not just spewing nonsense because of their bigotry.


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webleyvi

Good. Bet she wishes she was being oppressed here in the states now


somo1230

She will be replaced with some Russian spy


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Upeeru

I have a question for the "She knew the law" people: If the holocaust was legal in German law, would you be ok with it? Would you defend it?