Posted on 11/21/2024 8:16:54 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Jussie Smollett‘s conviction in an alleged hate crime hoax was overturned on Thursday by the Illinois Supreme Court.
The “Empire” actor was convicted in December 2021 of five felony counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself and was sentenced the following year to 150 days in county jail. In December 2023, his bid for an appeal was denied and it was ruled that he would have to serve his full sentence. He spent six days in jail while his appeal was pending.
In January 2019, Smollett told police he was attacked outside of his Chicago apartment building by two men who called him racist and homophobic slurs and placed a noose around his neck. After an investigation, the police alleged that Smollett had paid two acquaintances to stage the assault and a grand jury charged him with a Class 4 felony for filing a false police report. In March 2019, all charges were dropped after the state attorney reached a deal with his defense team. However, following controversy over dropping the charges, prosecutor Kim Foxx asked the state of Illinois to conduct a separate inquiry into the matter with a special prosecutor, who then indicted Smollett again in February 2020. In November 2021, the trial against Smollett began and he was found guilty in December.
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On what basis was the conviction overturned?
This is one of the reasons that Trump won. Separate and Unequal (In)Justice System.
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Procedure... violation of due process. The fact that they made a plea deal and then pulled it and went to trial. No mention of just how controversial the deal was.
Taxpayers won not having to pay for the lying creep’s daily care.
Jussie Smollett’s conviction for racist, homophobic attack hoax tossed in stunning reversal
Overturned on the basis of being black and gay.
Guilty as sin, free as a bird.
His career, like Will Smith, is effectively over.
From what I could understand, the court case had already been decided and Smollett’s sentence served (fine paid, community service done), but then a special prosecutor was added after that, so he was basically tried twice for the same charges.
True, especially as Smollet is a D list actor.
Hahaha, such a great segment.
Well, I did enjoy him getting his face eaten my a xenomorph in Alien Covenant.
So, there’s that.
You can’t get a straight answer from any article.
Sounds like the SC said since the DA made a deal then the deal stands.
Ok. Has he been in jail all this time?
Lizzy Borden was acquitted. She was shunned and mocked for the rest of her life. I don’t think he’ll like this outcome as much as he thinks.
At this point, it doesn’t matter. Jussie will always be synonymous with lying, in an elaborate, transparent manner.
Someone left his cake out in the rain.
Essentially it’s a claim of double jeopardy. Fox, as corrupt as the day is long, was legally able to offer that phony deal.
Now Jussie can go back to claiming he didn’t do anything wrong . . .
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