Posted on 03/17/2022 8:16:30 AM PDT by fwdude
The dramatic saga of Jussie Smollett continues. Less than a week after his sentencing, an appeals court ruled that the actor is to be released from jail during his appeal. He had initially been sentenced by Judge James Linn to 30 months felony probation, the first 150 days of which Smollett was to spend in the Cook County Jail, restitution in the amount of $120,106, and a fine of $25,000, after a jury found him guilty of a hate crime hoax last December, as Spencer covered last Thursday.
Smollet does not even have to put any money down yet for $150,000 bond. Rather, it's on his own recognizance, meaning he's had to agree to come to court as required
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I checked in with the DUmmies and was somewhat surprised that they were condemning his release for the most part. Mildly, but still irritated with it.
They know that a fake hate hoaxer will cast a bad light on all their other fake hate hoaxes.
When the law goes subjective. This is a reverse lynching.
Did someone want to play Corn Hole with him? You know, the one he’s used to or the one with the bean bags?????
Guess there was threat of thugs rioting and looting and killing again. The “justice system” is held hostage.
oh to be black in America right now, you do whatever the hell you want and just say “Racist” if someone is unhappy with your behavior.
she be frightening, yo.
What do you want to bet that this stuff just quietly “goes away” over the next couple of years?
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