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Mar 27 2019
Opinion
OPINION: The Jussie Smollett Disgrace
Rarely do we find ourselves nodding vigorously in agreement with Rahm Emanuel or David Axelrod, but both onetime Obama lieutenants expressed needful levels of disbelief and disgust at the surprise outcome of L’Affaire Jussie Smollett. “Hate crimes are loathsome. Faking them is insidious and shouldn’t be excused,” Axelrod wrote on Twitter after the Cook County State’s Attorney dropped all
Guest Writer - RightFeb 19 2019
Opinion
Jussie Smollett and a Perfect Crime
An object lesson in what happens when people in positions of political and cultural authority indulge their biases by suspending disbelief.
Noah RothmanFeb 06 2024
News
Jussie Smollett takes hate crime hoax conviction to Illinois Supreme Court
Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to review a recent ruling by an appellate court that upheld the former “Empire” actor’s disorderly conduct conviction. In December 2021, a Cook County jury found the 41-year-old guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct for fabricating a racist and homophobic attack on himself, then lying about it to Chicago police. Smollet, who has
New York Daily NewsFeb 06 2024
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Jussie Smollett Appeals To The Illinois Supreme Court To Dismiss His Case: REPORT
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court in an effort to have his case dismissed for the second time. Smollett is claiming he made a deal with prosecutors when they dismissed his first indictment for faking a hate crime in Jan. 2019, and argues that he should never have been charged and prosecuted a second time. His complaint to the state’s highest court claims
The Daily CallerDec 01 2023
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Appeals court affirms conviction, sentence in Jussie Smollett case
CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court on Friday ruled that the sentence and conviction against Jussie Smollett should stand, turning another page in the years-old, infamous case. Smollett appeared in court in person in September as a panel of appellate judges fired questions at lawyers about about the 2019 hearing during which Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against him, spurring at
The DerrickDec 01 2023
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Appeals court affirms conviction, sentence in Jussie Smollett case
Hastings TribuneDec 01 2023
News
Illinois appeals court upholds Jussie Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction
Jussie Smollett's appeal of his conviction in a hate crime hoax returned to court Tuesday with oral arguments beginning. The court's voted 2-1 in favor of upholding the conviction. The video in this story is from a previous report RELATED: Jussie Smollett back to work, making directorial debut after convicted for faking Chicago hate crime In 2021, the former "Empire" TV star was convicted of
ABC 7 ChicagoDec 01 2023
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Appellate Court Upholds Jussie Smollett’s Disorderly Conduct Convictions, Sentence
An Illinois appellate court has upheld former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett’s disorderly conduct convictions, nearly two years after a jury found him guilty of lying about orchestrating an elaborate hate crime against himself. In a 2-1 decision published Friday, the First District court rejected the actor’s claims that he had faced double jeopardy when a special prosecutor filed renewed
WTTWDec 10 2021
Opinion
Throw the book at hate-hoaxer Jussie Smollett
The story of Jussie Smollett and the implausible hate crime attack against him is now familiar to nearly everyone.
Smollett, a little-known actor on a long-running Fox television show, claimed to have been walking down the street minding his own business at 2 a.m. in downtown Chicago when he was attacked by two white Trump supporters wearing red "Make America Great Again" hats who made
Washington ExaminerFeb 07 2024
News
Jussie Smollett Appeals to Illinois Supreme Court to Throw Out His Hate Crime Hoax Conviction
Hate crime hoaxer and disgraced actor Jussie Smollett is appealing his case to the Illinois Supreme Court in an attempt to try to convince the public that he really was attacked by homophobic racists during a 2:00 a.m. Subway sandwich run in Chicago in 2019. Attorneys for Smollett are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in the disgraced actor’s case involving the false claims he
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