Every American locked up abroad is worthy of our advocacy, writes Amanda Knox about the controversy around Brittney Griner's release
: “No one cuts better deals than Biden. We get an awful America hating WNBA player, while Russia gets an INTERNATIONAL ARMS DEALER!!! The adults are back!” But if you strip away the demagoguery and insults, there’s a point worth addressing there.
It’s very possible that the arrest and conviction of Griner on trumped up drug charges was done specifically with an aim to create leverage to get Bout released. They are not offenders of equal measure by any sane standard. Trump Jr. is right about that. But does it matter? Can you put a price on innocence?
After I was acquitted in 2011, I was retried and reconvicted in absentia for the same crime and sentenced to 28.5 years. I had to appeal yet again while facing potential extradition. I had largely given up hope of a sane outcome at this point. The truth didn’t seem to matter. My best realistic hope was that when my appeal failed, I could beg the U.S. government to advocate for me to be able to serve out that unjust sentence in the U.S., rather than Italy, to lessen the burden on my family.
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