Jussie Smollett’s criminal case could finally come to an end Thursday when the actor is set to be sentenced for staging a hoax hate crime on himself.
After three years of twists and turns, Jussie Smollett’s roller-coaster criminal case could finally come to an end Thursday when the actor is scheduled to be sentenced for staging a hoax hate crime on himself, barring a long-shot bid to get his conviction thrown out.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said last week that after Smollett is sentenced she will speak more openly about the case. The Smollett matter was turned over to a team of special prosecutors after a judge found Foxx improperly recused herself, and Smollett’s first Cook County charges — which had been quietly dropped — were completely voided.
Smollett has a long history of volunteer work and has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to civil rights groups, and in 2018 he bought a wheelchair-accessible van for a 6-year-old double amputee after learning the child’s school district did not have such a vehicle, noted Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP.
“The overwhelming stress and fatigue that was put on the Chicago officers who were involved in the case was immense and negatively impacted their health and wellbeing,” the letter states. “... While the City can address the financial cost of Mr. Smollett’s false reports and the investigation that ensued, a cost that can never be measured is the harm caused by reducing the likelihood that actual victims of hate crimes will report these crimes.
Still, the document is a preview of the arguments Smollett might bring up in an appeal. Over more than 80 pages, Smollett’s attorneys list in detail the alleged errors made before and during the trial, highlighting some of the strange moments during proceedings and bringing light to conversations conducted behind closed doors.
Potential jurors can be booted for “cause,” that is, due to evidence of bias or other extenuating circumstances. But each side can also strike jurors without having to explain why, unless the other side accuses them of kicking people off for demographic reasons.
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