WNBA star Griner apologizes as Russian court readies verdict
WNBA star Griner apologizes as Russian court readies verdict
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — An emotional Brittney Griner apologized in a Russian court Thursday as her drug possession trial drew to a close, and a prosecutor urged that the American basketball star be convicted and sentenced to 9 ½ years in prison in a case that reached the highest levels of U.S.-Russian diplomacy.
With a judge set to issue an unusually swift verdict later in the day and a…