Filed in a Florida court on Sunday March 21, 2010 the main lawyer Mr. David Marcus and the team presented a motion to the Middle district court of Florida due to concerns for Mark Myrie’s health and incarceration conditions as he was moved to a maximum security center due to having allegedly sharing his food with another inmate at the previous open population low security facility. It is unclear as to rules of engagement with inmates sharing their food with other inmates however or if Buju himself is being victimized as is made out to be the case here by his council.
An emergency motion for Bond and alternative relief was filed, some of the sections read as follows:
“We did everything to avoid filing this instant motion but the most recent actions carried out against Mark Myrie require us to seek assistance from this court, because Mr. Myrie had the audacity to share his food with a hungry inmate he was sent out of general population to the maximum security wing of the prison when Mr. Myrie told the officer that he did not believe he was doing anything wrong he was told he could contest her finding if lost he would be sent to the hole knowing how that would turn out Mr. Myrie waved his opportunity to contest the hearing and was sent to maximum security for the next thirty days, the most crucial thirty days of Mr. Myrie’s life as he prepares for trial. ”
Parts of the factual background:
“Even though he is not a danger to the community or a risk of flight mark Myrie a Grammy nominated Jamaican Reggae artist also known as Buju Banton has been in federal custody sine December 2009 awaiting trial, Mr. Myrie is being detained because assistant US attorney Jim Preston advised council that the magistrate court that Mr. Myrie had an immigration detainer and was ineligible for release to avoid the inconvenience of Mr. Myrie being transferred into immigration custody council stipulated to detention with the right to revisit the issue of bond if it became necessary.”
The trial date is set for the nineteenth of April 2010 the claim continued that Buju Banton has lost more than fourty pounds since December 9, 2009 and has not been able to adequately meet his Rastafarian diet although he has been able to purchase and prepare food from the commissary while he was staying in the open population section of the Jail. His lawyers want to have him moved to an immigration jail instead as he is not a flight risk. The living conditions are unbearable as the showers and other amenities are not functional.
In a subsequent radio interview Mr. David Marcus lead council for Buju Banton said the claim will be heard on March 26, 2010 following this motion. The lawyer said he Buju Banton showed kindness to another inmate and the jail is punishing him for it.
I am very skeptical about these hot shot lawyers who take high profile cases. I do not believe that it is a simple matter of him sharing his food with another individual that led to his transfer, the rules in any or observance of policy were never mentioned during the interview there must have been something else that caused the authorities to move someone Buju Banton from general population to a maximum security facility. His public utterances have proven he is very adept at public relations and painting a nice picture of situations. He continued that here is no special diet prepared according to Mr. Myrie’s religious views.
He complained that the when council went to visit Buju at the maximum security facility they had to wait for two hours and that he was not cheap as they shouldn’t have to wait around needlessly spending Buju Banton’s money as they have to do what they have to do to prepare for the trial, so the money motive may be peering through here it seems. I am also sure that to visit a maximum security facility as a lawyer requires some knowledge before hand and verification prior to seeing the person(s) one intends to visit, this was not mentioned in the interview either.
He accused the informant as being paid millions of dollars to set him up and that he has learnt new information which will be brought to bear in the trial when it commences.
Peace and tolerance
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3 comments:
He will not get bail.
Nm! American jails are no joke. The correctional officers don't need much excuse to mistreat people, and certainly when they get someone who is high profile who they can mess with and get away with it. I am also sure they are not moving an extra muscle to make sure that he has the appropriate food to eat. I would think that BB would make friends with at least one CO, so they can look out for him. Yes, it would be helpful if the lawyers made the rules apparent, rather than fan flames of hostility. BTW, he doesn't have to charge BB while he's waiting, since it's obviously not BB's fault. I don't like how these lawyers are representing themselves to the public at all. Very full of themselves and might work against BB, since their antics don't make us feel any more sympathetic towards BB.
I don't trust that lawyer at all
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