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Originally Posted by miami_fan
What I am saying is that I do not trust any evidence presented against American citizens in Vladimir Putin's Russia especially this version of Putin. I do not trust the Russian legal system to treat American citizens fairly in Vladamir Putin's Russia especially this version of Putin. No, I do not believe BG intentionally brought the cannabis oil into the country as the Russian prosecutors argued. I do not believe Paul Whelan knowingly received a flash drive containing the names of Russian border guards as a spy for the United States as the Russian prosecutors argued in his case.
I believe in both cases Russian authorities used its legal system as a pretext for holding Americans as leverage. Am I biased? Absolutely! But that is what I truly believe.
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Okay, I can see an argument where she did not "intentionally" plan to bring the cannabis. Personally, I think she knew she was bringing it in. She just thought it was okay because she had a prescription or that she's done it before and it wasn't an issue before.
But no argument that she was used as leverage and disproportionately sentenced.
FWIW, watching the YT Canada border security, I know that it's illegal to bring any cannabis (regardless of a valid prescription, regardless of quantity) into Canada.