JUST IN: Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan found guilty of espionage by Russia and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
"This secret trial in which no evidence was produced is an egregious violation of human rights and international legal norms."that the ambassador has demanded Whelan is released immediately and considers his conviction a mockery of justice.Paul Whelan, a former U.S.
Marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia, listens to his lawyers while standing inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow in January.after his detention that he was in Russia to attend a wedding but never made it to the ceremony. He also said the family had learned Whelan had been detained from online news reports.
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