Maybe 10 years in prison in 🇷🇺 might make him/her/it begin to appreciate 🇺🇸 more
https://nypost.com/2022/07/04/in-letter-brittney-griner-begs-biden-to-get-her-out-of-russia/
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I mean no....10 years in Russian prison for a little THC? Because she had different views you want her to endure a cruel and unusual punishment?
Just because other countries have different laws doesn't make the punishment morally right, I think most in this community support and appreciate our constitution, what you outlined would certainly be a violation of the 8th amendment if it were here on US soil.
There could be more to the story we aren't being told than just having a couple weed pens, then that is one thing but otherwise not sure we need to stop to their level.
You might find its nothing, but the Aussies who got executed in Indonesia/Singapore etc beg to differ.
However, given the timing, I am pretty sure there is more to this story.
I won't be surprised if there is more to the story but you can't compare a smuggling bust of pounds worth of hard drugs to a personal amount of weed resulting in possession.
My point is that cruel and unusual punishment is a human rights violation and I'm not going to actively cheer somebody's being violated because I don't agree with their politics.
10 years for a gram or so is just absurd regardless of what the local laws are.
People spend 20 years in Indonesian prisons for possession. But you can bribe your way out there if done early in the process.