{"id":1743730,"date":"2022-11-18T08:11:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743730"},"modified":"2022-11-18T10:34:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:34:05","slug":"candace-owens-brittney-griners-punishment-an-unnecessary-casualty-of-this-unnecessary-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-brittney-griners-punishment-an-unnecessary-casualty-of-this-unnecessary-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Candace Owens: Brittney Griner\u2019s Punishment \u201cAn Unnecessary Casualty of This Unnecessary War\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcandace-owens-brittney-griners-punishment-an-unnecessary-casualty-of-this-unnecessary-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743730&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Candace Owens, the host of of her own self-titled show on Daily Wire, recently claimed that Brittney Griner\u2019s punishment for drug smuggling and possession in Russia \u201camounts to an unnecessary casualty of this unnecessary war.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens2.png 1118w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens2-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens2-768x378-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens2-750x369-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candace Owens via Candace Owens Podcast YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport back in February after authorities searched her luggage and discovered a number of vape cartridges containing cannabis oil.<\/p>\n<p>In July she plead guilty telling the Russian court, \u201cI\u2019d like to plead guilty, your honor. But there was no intent. I didn\u2019t want to break the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Brittney-Griner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Brittney-Griner.png 1225w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Brittney-Griner-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Brittney-Griner-768x370-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Brittney-Griner-750x361-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Brittney-Griner-1200x578-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittney Griner via 11Alive YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/brittney-griners-attorney-claims-she-doesnt-think-joe-biden-administration-will-secure-her-release-from-russian-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brittney Griner\u2019s Attorney Claims She Doesn\u2019t Think Joe Biden Administration Will Secure Her Release From Russian Prison<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August before her sentencing, Griner told the court, \u201cI want to apologize to my teammates, my club, my fans and the city of (Yekaterinburg) for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to also apologize to my parents, my siblings, the Phoenix Mercury organization back at home, the amazing women of the WNBA, and my amazing spouse back at home,\u201d she continued. \u201cI made an honest mistake and I hope that in your ruling it doesn\u2019t end my life here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was then sentenced to 9 years in prison and fined one million rubles or $16,200.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Brittney-Griner-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-768x410-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-480x256-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-600x320-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-750x401-1.jpg 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Britteny Griner via 11Alive YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Griner attempted to appeal the sentence, but it was refused at the end of October. It was then reported she was moved to an unknown penal colony.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/sports\/exclusive-brittney-griner-taken-penal-colony-russias-mordovia-region-source-2022-11-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters reports<\/a> that Griner was transferred to Female Penal Colony IK-2 in the town of Yavas in the Russian region of Mordovia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">\u201cWe can confirm that Brittney began serving her sentence at IK-2 in Mordovia. We visited her early this week,\u201d said Griner\u2019s lawyers, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boikov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">\u201cBrittney is doing as well as could be expected and trying to stay strong as she adapts to a new environment,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brittney-Griner-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-768x410-1-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-480x256-1-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-600x320-1-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Brittney-Griner-750x401-1-1.jpg 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minnesota Lynx vs Phoenix Mercury at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN on July 14 2019; the Lynx won the game 75-62. Photo Credit: Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https: \/>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/07\/world-series-champion-curt-schilling-blasts-brittney-griner-and-lebron-james-obey-the-fing-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Series Champion Curt Schilling Blasts Brittney Griner And LeBron James: \u201cOBEY THE F***ING LAW\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Owens appeared to react to this latest report of Griner being transferred to the penal colony writing on Twitter, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The Brittney Griner situation is positively heartbreaking. I would like to do everything within my limited capacity to help her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Yes, she did something dumb but her punishment amounts to an unnecessary casualty of this unnecessary war. She has nothing to do with anything,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens.png 755w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens-300x243-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Candace-Owens-750x607-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candace Owens Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">However, in the United States, Griner would be facing a similar sentence for the same crime if our laws were actually enforced.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/safety\/alcohol-drugs\/laws\/#:~:text=Persons%20convicted%20on%20federal%20charges%20of%20possessing%20any%20controlled%20substance,a%20minimum%20fine%20of%20%242%2C500.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston University<\/a> notes that criminals found guilty of possessing less than 50 kg of marijuana can face up to 5 years in prison and be fined up to $250,000.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Griner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"180\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Boston University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Owens\u2019 comments about Griner? What about the revelation regarding Griner being moved to the penal colony?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/10\/jemele-hill-says-white-lives-matter-is-dangerously-dumb-message-after-kanye-west-wears-shirt-with-slogan-alongside-candace-owens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jemele Hill Says \u201cWhite Lives Matter\u201d Is \u201cDangerously Dumb Message\u201d After Kanye West Wears Shirt With Slogan Alongside Candace Owens<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candace Owens, the host of of her own self-titled show on Daily Wire, recently claimed that Brittney Griner\u2019s punishment for drug smuggling and possession in Russia \u201camounts to an unnecessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1743733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1743730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1743733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}