• Brittney Griner shares her experience behind bars in Russia

  • May 7 2024
  • Length: 14 mins
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Brittney Griner shares her experience behind bars in Russia

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  • Brittney Griner didn't know the flight she was taking to Moscow in February 2022 would upend her life. But even before she left for the airport, Griner felt something was off.

    It was a premonition that foreshadowed a waking nightmare.

    She had accidentally left two vape cartridges with traces of cannabis oil in her luggage. What followed was nearly 10 months of struggle in a cell, and diplomatic efforts from the U.S. to get her home.

    Griner reflects on the experience in her new memoir, 'Coming Home' and discusses it in depth with NPR's Juana Summers.

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