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Jussie Smollett sentencing underway in Chicago
New York Post ^ | March 10, 2022 | Gabrielle Fonrouge

Posted on 03/10/2022 2:52:33 PM PST by nickcarraway

The former “Empire” actor was convicted on five counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to police after his eight-day trial late last year.

Smollett, 39, is facing up to three years in jail for the crimes but before Judge James Linn could hand down his sentence, he had to rule on a Hail Mary motion to vacate the charges filed by the artist’s legal team last month.

Tina Glandian, one of Smollett’s attorneys, argued the court made 13 critical errors and constitutional violations, including wrongfully dismissing jurors based on their race and sexuality and depriving the actor of his right to a fair trial by limiting the number of spectators allowed in the courtroom. She said Smollett’s charges should’ve never been brought because the court erred in their decision to appoint a special prosecutor, arguing they never had the authority to do so.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2nd; blacksupremacy; chicago; empire; hoax; illinois; illios; jussie; jussiesmollett; notsuicidal; smollet; smollett
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To: Menehune56
As far as Im concerned this guy committed a racial hate crime so he better do some time.

Of course he did. But that federal crime-enhancement law was never intended to be used on blacks. "Only whites can commit hate crimes."

21 posted on 03/10/2022 3:08:27 PM PST by fwdude (Every time I see someone voluntarily masked in public, I know I'm looking at a vaccinated person.)
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To: Ouderkirk
This is still going on? It was a couple of hours ago when it started.

Bad theater takes a long time.

22 posted on 03/10/2022 3:09:09 PM PST by fwdude (Every time I see someone voluntarily masked in public, I know I'm looking at a vaccinated person.)
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To: SES1066

What are they supposed to do?

Everyone is legally entitled to a defense, and if a lawyer takes a case he’s ethically and professionally bound to do the best he can for the client.

You can say that you don’t think a lawyer should accept a particular case, but that’s a whole other can of problems.


23 posted on 03/10/2022 3:09:31 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway

Poor schmuck smollet, working hard at playing the victim card with his propaganda supporting family.


24 posted on 03/10/2022 3:09:56 PM PST by chief lee runamok (Anti-Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: Ouderkirk

“It was a couple of hours ago when it started.”

That’s when I started watching this excruciating spectacle. Defense character witnesses, letters of support from the NAACP, BLM and Rainbow Push Coalition, (God I miss Limbaugh’s analysis), and the conga line of family members.


25 posted on 03/10/2022 3:09:59 PM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: nickcarraway

26 posted on 03/10/2022 3:11:59 PM PST by mylife (It looks just like a telefunken U47... (===)
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To: Hypo2

Celebrities are worshipped today sort of like false gods back in Biblical times. Not only in Hollywood but in D.C. They’re not “regular” people like us. On top of that, blacks are considered a protected class by them even though they commit most of the country’s crimes. And homo sex is considered the
“new morality”, more worthy of adulation by the elite celebrity class than hetero relationships. Everything is turned on its head, like in the days of Sodom.


27 posted on 03/10/2022 3:13:38 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (Democracy is two dead Democrats and a Republican voting who's brains are for dinner.)
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To: Bshaw

I miss Rush so much through all of this.


28 posted on 03/10/2022 3:14:45 PM PST by southernindymom
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To: Bshaw

I’m actually feeling sorry for the judge. Imagine having to listen to this sort of crap every single day.


29 posted on 03/10/2022 3:16:32 PM PST by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: dragnet2

We haven’t had a “justice system” in 50+ years.
We have a badly corrupted “legal system”.


30 posted on 03/10/2022 3:16:34 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Jamestown1630

“Everyone is legally entitled to a defense, and if a lawyer takes a case he’s ethically and professionally bound to do the best he can for the client.”

That was the idealism of yesterday. Despite being hard to accept, justice in the US is now arbitrary and corrupt.


31 posted on 03/10/2022 3:17:08 PM PST by Born in 1950 (Deprivation and sorrow for centuries.)
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To: nickcarraway
Oh, my.

They might throw the booklet at him.

32 posted on 03/10/2022 3:22:06 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: nickcarraway
Tina Glandian, one of Smollett’s attorneys, argued the court made 13 critical errors and constitutional violations, including wrongfully dismissing jurors based on their race and sexuality and depriving the actor of his right to a fair trial by limiting the number of spectators allowed in the courtroom. She said Smollett’s charges should’ve never been brought because the court erred in their decision to appoint a special prosecutor, arguing they never had the authority to do so.

So file an appeal, b*tch!

33 posted on 03/10/2022 3:26:11 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: Bullish

I hope it costs him LOTS of $$$$


That’s prolly the best outcome. Having him be sentenced to any period of time being the designated soap-dropper really isn’t something he’d find disagreeable.


34 posted on 03/10/2022 3:26:57 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: nickcarraway

“Justice for Juicy! Justice for Juicy!”


35 posted on 03/10/2022 3:27:37 PM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: Jamestown1630
Everyone is legally entitled to a defense, and if a lawyer takes a case he’s ethically and professionally bound to do the best he can for the client.

I AGREE but what I disagree with is the news coverage of what these lawyers say! It is treated as if there is truth in it and my statement is that these lawyers have the RIGHT to push their case to the limits of legal ethics! What I want is for this facet to be known, that defense lawyers have no obligation for the truth!

36 posted on 03/10/2022 3:27:44 PM PST by SES1066 (More & more it looks like Brandon's best decision was Kamala! UGH!)
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To: nickcarraway
probationary term with confinement to a community center, a mandatory eight-hour day of community service every week of his five-year term of probation, weekly counseling sessions.....

Oh sorry that was Dinesh D’Souza’s sentence......

37 posted on 03/10/2022 3:28:44 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: nickcarraway

His defense is saying if Jussie goes to jail, he could die of Covid lol
That’s all they got?


38 posted on 03/10/2022 3:30:15 PM PST by rainee (Trump won! )
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To: nickcarraway

What punishment would be imposed on the attackers had they actually existed and had been “This is MAGA country” white guys? That would seem fair.


39 posted on 03/10/2022 3:33:19 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: nickcarraway

I have no faith in the justice system. As a dark skinned human, he will suffer virtually no consequences for his crime.


40 posted on 03/10/2022 3:34:27 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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