Photo: cnn.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nOn Thursday, WNBA star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges and now faces up to 10 years in a Russian prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn\u2019t want to break the law,\u201d Griner said.<\/p>\n
The National anthem boycotter was arrested in February after she was allegedly caught carrying two vape cartridges with cannabis oil in them at a Moscow airport. She has been held in custody since then.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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