Appeals Court Approves Buju Banton's Request for Oral Arguments
Yesterday (19th August 2014) there was a very significant development in the Buju Banton case – see press release below. Buju’s new lawyer Professor Charles Ogletree of Harvard Law School, along with members of the Buju Banton Defense Support Committee (BBDSC) [Brother Aula Sumbry - Spokesperson for the BBDSC & USA Community Activist; Dera Tompkins – BBDSC; Rosemary Duncan - Coordinator, BBDSC] will be our guests on the Pan-Afrikan People’s Phone-in atwww.pascf.org.uk on Sunday 24th August 2014 7-10pm UK time (2-5pm EST). Please tune in for this important update.
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PRESS RELEASE
U.S COURT OF APPEAL APPROVES BUJU BANTON’S REQUEST
In May 2014 the Defense Team for Jamaican Reggae Superstar, Buju Banton, filed an appeal to the U.S. Appellate Court requesting the artiste be granted oral arguments and a new trial. Buju’s attorney, Professor Charles Ogletree, submitted a compact and powerful document detailing Buju Banton’s innocence. The Court has responded favourably by granting approval to the oral arguments.
The brief states that Buju Banton was entrapped by a paid informant in December 2009. It gives clear evidence that the foreperson of the jury, Mrs. Terri Wright, acted against the District Court’s instructions by researching information on the case during the trial and that Mrs. Wright further presented the Court with the wrong computer hard drive on which she did her research.
GlamDoGetAdsDone();x;">The Appeals Court has not yet issued a date for the oral arguments. Atty Ogletree says that the Court’s approval for oral arguments is a positive step towards justice, victory and freedom for the incarcerated reggae icon.
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