Buju Banton Awaiting Ruling on Mistrial Request

Buju Banton Awaiting Ruling on Mistrial Request


A weekly newspaper in Florida reported that a juror did improper research during Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton’s drug charges trial last year, and now Banton’s lawyer is demanding a mistrial.

If granted, it would be the second mistrial for Banton, whose first trial in 2010 ended with jurors deadlocked. He was convicted in 2011 in his second trial, and is now serving a ten year sentence.

Defense lawyer Chokwe Lumumba said jurors were ready to acquit Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, before the juror in question shared her research.

Read more at the Huffington Post.


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