Posted on 05/23/2019 9:48:48 AM PDT by tcrlaf
An Illinois judge on Thursday ordered "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's criminal case file unsealed, setting up the release of a wealth of information surrounding the controversial -- and often confusing -- case.
The decision came months after Cook County prosecutors dropped charges alleging that the “Empire” actor staged a hate crime attack on himself.
Cook County judge Steven G. Watkins vacated the sealing order on Smollett's docs. When the state attorney asked whether they could have more time to redact personal information, Watkins said "act as if the documents were never sealed in the first place."
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Or just tack it on the front door of the legal residential address
and the subpoena is considered, legally, to have been served.
“Why would they need to be ‘sealed’ in the first place?”
Records can be sealed for a number of reasons. All it takes is for a judge to agree. In cases I have read about it is usually to protect the accused so his career isn’t damaged. Why would you do this for one person and not another? My guess is because he could afford the attorney to ask for it and he was famous enough to get it. You can bet that if you or I wanted sealed records for a similar offense, it wouldn’t happen.
plaintiff—former judge-— is going to hold a 3 pm press conference
Oh, this should be amusing.
“Smollett voluntarily appeared on national television speaking about the incident in detail,” Judge Watkins said. “After the March dismissal, he stood in front of numerous cameras… in the courthouse lobby speaking about the case.” He added, “these are not the actions of a person seeking simply to maintain his privacy or simply to be let alone.”
Poof!...What documents?
“and often confusing — case”
We weren’t confused about this case. Fraud and corruption all the way.
““and often confusing — case””
Big Media was fretful and had trouble keeping up for a while, until the Hussein Head prosecutor made their lives easier.
Because Jussie is one of the aristocracy, and he’s above the law.
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