[Neanderthal]

"a 2-1 opinion from the Illinois Appellate Court"

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So one of the judges actually bought his BS. Democrats should not be allowed to be judges.

[heartwood]

Seems to have split along racial lines.

Appellate Justice Freddrenna Lyle would have thrown out the convictions. She said it was “fundamentally unfair” to appoint a special prosecutor and charge Smollett when he had already performed community service as part of a 2019 deal with Cook County prosecutors to close the case.