Buju Banton

Buju Banton could walk free from prison every bit early every bit tomorrow.

The reggae icon's official release engagement is set up for Saturday, December 8th, 2019, but sources are telling u.s. that he could exist released sometime between at present and tomorrow night. Buju Banton volition probable be first released to a halfway house or in the custody of ICE who will so process him for displacement to Jamaica. "He will be released from prison house someday now, merely most likely it will exist tomorrow," sources said.

Buju Banton spent x years in prison for a drug confidence which he appealed several times and lost. The Grammy-winning reggae star was arrested in Dec 2009 at his home in Tamarac, Florida, and charged with iii counts of cocaine trafficking and one gun accuse. His first trial was ended in Dec 2010 in a hung jury. He was convicted in a retrial in 2011 and sentenced to ten years. The gin accuse was eventually dismissed.

In Oct, Urban Islandz reported that Buju Banton and his lawyers are pushing for a minimum corporeality of fourth dimension in ICE custody before he is transported home to Jamaica. This means that the singer could be on Jamaican soil this weekend or early on adjacent calendar week.