Ex-US Marine Paul Whelan, convicted of spying in Russia, will not appeal sentence – lawyer says he may be exchanged

A week after

A week after he was handed a 16-year prison sentence for espionage in Russia, Paul Whelan has reportedly confirmed that he won’t appeal the verdict. His lawyer says he will now decide whether to ask for clemency.

“We just visited Paul (on Tuesday morning) at the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center (in Moscow), where he made the final decision not to appeal his sentence and wrote a statement,” his attorney Olga Karlova told news agency TASS. Karlova added that her client does not trust the Russian justice system and believes another trial is pointless.

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