Brittney Griner again appears in Russian court
(2 Aug 2022) RESTRICTIONS: Use on broadcast and digital channels, including social. Available worldwide. Can be used for the duration of your current contract. No takedown necessary for stand alone digital users. All usage subject to rights licensed in contract. For any questions regarding rights crestrictions please contact [email protected] 1. 00:10 Brittney Griner, detained US basketball player, being escorted into courtroom AGENCY POOL Khimki, Moscow, Russia – 2 August 2022 2. 00:24 Various of Griner being escorted into holding cell inside court, gets handcuffs removed 3. 00:38 Griner listening to lawyers ASSOCIATED PRESS Khimki, Moscow, Russia – 2 August 2022 4. 00:51 Detained US basketball player Brittney Griner being escorted from courtroom 5. 01:00 Griner's legal team leaving court and approaching media 6. 01:03 SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexander Boykov, Brittney Griner's lawyer: "We need the exact (legal) qualification for the adjudication of the case. The qualification depends on, in particular, whether the seized substance is prohibited and what is its amount. Found forensic evidence tell us that it would be wrong (impossible) to reliably establish the amount (of the substance) with the existing case materials." 7. 01:32 Various exteriors of court SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS / Agency Pool DURATION: 01:38 STORYLINE: American basketball player Brittney Griner was back in court on Tuesday for her trial for cannabis possession amid US diplomatic efforts to secure her release. During the hearing, prosecutors called a state narcotics expert who analysed cannabis found in Griner's luggage. Her defense fielded a specialist who challenged the analysis, charging that it was flawed and didn't conform to official rules. "We need the exact (legal) qualification for the adjudication of the case. The qualification depends on, in particular, whether the seized substance is prohibited and what is its amount," Griner's lawyer Alexander Boykov told reporters after the hearing. "Forensic evidence tell us that it would be wrong (impossible) to reliably establish the amount (of the substance) with the existing case materials," he said. If convicted, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player and two-time Olympic gold medalist could face 10 years in prison. Griner has acknowledged there were vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage when she was arrested at a Moscow airport in February. But she insisted that she had no criminal intent and that the canisters ended up in her luggage because she was packing hastily. To bolster her case, her defense lawyers have presented testimony from doctors that she was prescribed cannabis as a treatment for pain. Medical marijuana treatment is not legal in Russia. While judges have leeway to consider mitigating factors under Russian law, acquittals are rare and account for less than 1% of cases in Russian criminal prosecutions. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
