Brittney Griner confessed to sedate charges as her preliminary went on in Russian court on Thursday

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Owning up to carrying pot into the nation yet saying she had stuffed in a rush and didn't mean to violate the law.

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The Phoenix Mercury Center and Olympic medalist could have to deal with upwards of 10 years in jail whenever sentenced.

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It was Griner's second court appearance since her preliminary started vigorously last Friday

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An appointed authority had recently requested her to be kept for the length of the preliminary

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Which her legal counselor has said could endure as long as two months

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A few hearings by the indictment before the safeguard gets its turn.

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One more hearing is booked for next Thursday. Griner was captured on Feb.

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On Feb. 17 — seven days before Russia sent off its full-scale intrusion of Ukraine

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After specialists at Sheremetyevo International Airport supposedly found pot vape cartridges in her baggage

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