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Brittney Griner Appeals Drug Conviction in Russia, Lawyer Says
The defense team for Brittney Griner, the American basketball star sentenced to prison in Russia on drug smuggling charges, said on Monday that it had appealed the verdict as Russian diplomats began to speak more openly about a potential prisoner exchange with the United States. Maria Blagovolina, a partner at the law firm that has…
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U.K. Tourist Jailed for Taking Artifacts in Iraq Has Conviction Overturned
A British tourist who was imprisoned for stealing ancient artifacts from an archaeological site has had his conviction overturned by an Iraqi court. The tourist, James Fitton, a 66-year-old retired geologist, was initially sentenced to 15 years in prison and had been detained for more than four months. Looting antiquities with weapons or with other…
