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Today, Les, Jess and Jamil discuss the Brittney Griner situation given the recent news that she has been transferred to a Russian penal colony where she will serve out the rest of her nine-and-a-half year sentence for her procession of less than a gram of cannabis oil in a vape cartridge. 

Should the U.S. government do whatever it takes to bring her home? What role does the official U.S. hostage envoy have to play in her release? If we don’t do anything, what message does this sent to other U.S. citizens overseas currently being held against their will? Tune in to hear our experts discuss this multifaceted issue. 

Want to learn more about this topic? Check out this article that our experts used to frame our discussion:

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/russia-moves-brittney-griner-to-penal-colony/

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/11/brittney-griner-russia-sentence-penal-colony-00066419

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