Bring Brittney Griner Home

I just wanted to thank all those working on her release.

If you have seen the Russian movie "12", you will understand why I am concerned about her long term well being and the prospect of a "fair" trial and sentencing. As a Phoenix Mercury fan and fellow American, I want her back in action sooner rather than latter.

Movie 12 (found on the internet)

12 is a 2007 legal drama film by Russian director, screenwriter, producer and actor Nikita Mikhalkov. The film is a Russian-language remake of Sidney Lumet's 1957 film 12 Angry Men, which in turn was based on Reginald Rose's 1955 stage play, Twelve Angry Men, itself based on Rose's 1954 teleplay of the latter's same name. Wikipedia
Director:Nikita Mikhalkov
Produced by:Nikita Mikhalkov, Leonid Vereschtchaguine
Screenplay by:Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexander Novototsky-Vlasov, Vladimir Moiseenko

Brittney Griner

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/19/brittney-griner-russia-us-state-department?msclkid=f25625d0a95111ecacda8bc618014648

Russia wants to use Brittney Griner as ‘negotiating chip’, says Democrat

Mar 19, 2022

Tim Kaine believes basketball star’s detention is to make her ‘part of this chess game’

A senior Democratic senator has said he believes Russia wants to use the WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been held in Moscow for more than a month on accusations she smuggled drugs into the country, as a “negotiating chip” regarding the war in Ukraine.

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“I think there’s no doubt that her detention, and then this continuation of the imprisonment, is all to try to make her a hostage and a part of this chess game,” Tim Kaine, of Virginia, told Full Court Press in an interview scheduled to air in full on Sunday.

“Vladimir Putin and the Russians want to use her as a negotiating chip and what a horrific thing to do to someone,” Kaine said.

Griner, 31, plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA but plays in Russia during the US offseason. She is a two-time Olympic champion.