Buju Banton Convicted...

Yesterday Buju Banton was found guilty in a florida court of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of coke, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense and using the wires to facilitate a drug-trafficking offense. He was found not guilty on the charge of attempted possession of a firearm with the attempt to distribute. He awaits sentencing.

They say Buju told an informant that he could easily broker the big drug deal. However, Banton testified in court that he was talking sshit, with prosecutors conceding that he had never put any money into a deal.

Buju now faces 15 years in prison at the least. Much of the case rested on both video and audio recordings made by the informant and the US DEA. The informant received $50,000 after Banton was arrested in December 2009, along with two others.
One of the videos showed Banton tasting coke in a warehouse. A co-defendant apparently later gave the informant just over $135,000 and, along with another man, he has pleaded guilty to all the drug charges against Buju's name.

Buju Banton had a conversation with a paid government informer on a an airplane from Spain to the USA, after which he remained to have contact with this informer.

Then, there are two other people arrested together with him. One of them initially signed a statement saying Buju Banton has nothing to do with the cokane case these people might or might not be involved in. However, both men have joined Babylon and are now accusing Buju Banton in order to get a lower sentence themselves. when the government can't get their evidence, they just intimidate you and say: "plea guilty, we will lower the sentence".

Plea-deals are an abomination, both for truth-finding and for the overall sense of justice. How many people have actually said they were guilty of a crime they did not commit, only because if they keep sticking to the truth they will serve much longer in these prisons?

I think Buju used some but not brokered them...