Posted on 02/20/2019 4:51:46 PM PST by BadLands59
A jury of his queers, er...peers?
Will he plead guilty, or will he rely on jury nullification?
The Postal Service hardly needs the permission of the AJ to charge Smollett with a FEDERAL crime for putting a threatening letter containing white powder into the mail!
“Seriously?”
Very serious.
This is a joke.
this was a hate crime meant to foment violence and intimidation against a specific group. Disorderly conduct? Equal treatment under the law!
It’s a plea bargain. They could have charged him with much worse but that frantic phone call just as the brothers were set to testify before the Grand jury was from Smollett’s lawyers begging for a deal.
It is the strongest charge you can get for filing false reports in Illinois.
It is a felony.
“This is a joke.”
You consider a felony conviction with 1-3 years in the pen plus a fine a joke?
Not in my world.
Doesn’t mean much. They will plead that down to probation. He won’t serve a day.
Isn’t that what Otis was charged with when Barney really got PO’d at him?
“It’s a plea bargain. They could have charged him with much worse “
What could they have charged him with?
NO!
I’m prowling the headlines, to see who has what. I went to HuffPo, and of course they have buried this story, and they are leading......with a new white guy coast guard terrorism story!!!!
One hoax exposed, so on to the next “white guy bad” story.
ML/NJ
Apparently that’s the charge for filing a false police report, a Class 4 felony disorderly conduct.
Probably the newest lawyer called.
“Isn’t that what Otis was charged with when Barney really got PO’d at him?”
I hope you don’t always rely on old TV series for your legal knowledge.
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