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Jussie Smollett headed to jail for hate crime hoax after losing appeal
Jussie Smollett headed to jail for hate crime hoax after losing appeal
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Jussie Smollett headed to jail for hate crime hoax after losing appeal
An appeals court on Friday upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police.
Smollett, who appeared in the TV show “Empire,” challenged the role of a special prosecutor, jury selection, evidence and many other aspects of the case. But all were turned aside in a 2-1 opinion from the Illinois Appellate Court.
Smollett had reported to police that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men wearing ski masks. The manhunt for the attackers soon turned into an investigation of Smollett himself, leading to his arrest on charges he had orchestrated the attack.
Authorities said he paid two men whom he knew from work on “Empire.”
A jury convicted Smollett in 2021 on five felony counts of disorderly conduct, a charge that can be filed in Illinois when a person lies to police.
He now will have to finish a 150-day stint in jail that was part of his sentence. Smollett spent just six days in jail while his appeal was pending.
Lawyers for Smollett, who is black and gay, have publicly claimed he was the target of a racist justice system and people playing politics.
Appellate Judge Freddrenna Lyle said she would have thrown out Smollett’s convictions. Lyle 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 drop the initial charges.
“It was common sense that Smollett was bargaining for a complete resolution of the matter, not simply a temporary one,” Lyle said.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/01/news/j...-back-to-jail/Smollett, who appeared in the TV show “Empire,” challenged the role of a special prosecutor, jury selection, evidence and many other aspects of the case. But all were turned aside in a 2-1 opinion from the Illinois Appellate Court.
Smollett had reported to police that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men wearing ski masks. The manhunt for the attackers soon turned into an investigation of Smollett himself, leading to his arrest on charges he had orchestrated the attack.
Authorities said he paid two men whom he knew from work on “Empire.”
A jury convicted Smollett in 2021 on five felony counts of disorderly conduct, a charge that can be filed in Illinois when a person lies to police.
He now will have to finish a 150-day stint in jail that was part of his sentence. Smollett spent just six days in jail while his appeal was pending.
Lawyers for Smollett, who is black and gay, have publicly claimed he was the target of a racist justice system and people playing politics.
Appellate Judge Freddrenna Lyle said she would have thrown out Smollett’s convictions. Lyle 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 drop the initial charges.
“It was common sense that Smollett was bargaining for a complete resolution of the matter, not simply a temporary one,” Lyle said.
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He will enjoy prison, taking showers will be his favorite part, probably.
What a total idiot, ruined whatever acting career he had.
What a total idiot, ruined whatever acting career he had.
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Originally Posted By BasedBagel⏩
It's jail, not prison.He will enjoy prison, taking showers will be his favorite part, probably.
What a total idiot, ruined whatever acting career he had.
What a total idiot, ruined whatever acting career he had.
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Also, those 150 days will be more like 75 days.
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Originally Posted By Dan_S⏩
yea. I had already written this one off as a "special" rights deal and wasn't expecting him to do another day in jail.Wait, they just let him out when he appealed? What kind of clown world banana republic chit is that?
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Originally Posted By Dave22reborn⏩
It's just a joke.It's jail, not prison.
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Remember every single Democrat from top down fell this for this obvious hoax,
while snarky white male libs are trying to film MAGA hillbillies saying dumb things for their Jimmy Kimmel segments, they vote for people like this:
And then they doubled down and believed Bubba Wallace, and will always believe these things while telling you they're smarter than Republicans.
while snarky white male libs are trying to film MAGA hillbillies saying dumb things for their Jimmy Kimmel segments, they vote for people like this:
And then they doubled down and believed Bubba Wallace, and will always believe these things while telling you they're smarter than Republicans.
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Originally Posted By AlfBundy⏩
I am not suicidal!Let's not forget his cringey courtroom outburst. Starts at 2:00
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Originally Posted By bluebeltATT⏩
I do hope they keep him on suicide watch - if he is still claiming to be innocent and how he is twice marginalized, I wonder if he would commit suicide just to become a martyrI am not suicidal!
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Originally Posted By Cleveland33⏩
I do hope they keep him on suicide watch - if he is still claiming to be innocent and how he is twice marginalized, I wonder if he would commit suicide just to become a martyr
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Originally Posted By Bushmaster⏩
that's fair
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Too bad he's not going to federal "pound me in the ass" prison. I think he'd enjoy it there.
Funny to remember all the forum leftists totally believed that in deep blue Cook county two guys actually said "this is MAGA country".
Funny to remember all the forum leftists totally believed that in deep blue Cook county two guys actually said "this is MAGA country".
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Originally Posted By ~Hades~⏩
The good news is, his attacker is back in prisonhe should be charged and punished with whatever the punishment is for a hate crime that someone actually committed.
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Originally Posted By gwg77⏩
Backstory? Not really a huge fan of the black thuglifes or white millennial hipster types, so just curious.Anyways....
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Originally Posted By HaiMeesk⏩
He's stomping a troonBackstory? Not really a huge fan of the black thuglifes or white millennial hipster types, so just curious.
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