Buju Banton News: Gun’s Sentecing Postponed [30 Oct 2012]

The gun sentencing of Grammy award-winning reggae artist Buju Banton has been postponed in the Sam M Gibbons federal court in Tampa Florida, today.

The sentencing hearing was put off on the request of Buju’s lawyer Chokwe Lumumba, who applied for an investigation into allegations of misconduct on the part of a juror, after it appeared in a interview that one of the jurors involved in the case allegedly committed a breach by researching legal information on the Internet.

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A new date has not been set for the sentencing, which is a result of an appeals court imposing the gun conviction that was thrown out by Judge Jim Moody, last year in relation to Buju’s drug conviction.

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Buju’s manager sent out some tweets today in behalf of the artist, a sort of statement that came from Buju’s twitter account:

“To those who stood with me through these trying times, who prayed with me, who wrote letters and called on my behalf, my family and I thank you so much. It has certainly not been an easy road but I will never give up the fight until I am once again reunited with my people and my family.”

“Even then, that’s when the struggle begins, because I must continue fighting for those who I have met and seen their plight and how they are being ‘felonized’ by the government and disenfranchised and violated by the very laws that should be protecting their properties and persons…If you only knew, I pray that this great nation would regain consciousness and defend truth and rights like they should and stand united against a common enemy – injustice. Thanks again for your support.”