Jussie Smollett Asks Illinois Supreme Court To Overturn His Hate Crime Hoax Conviction

Jussie Smollett has requested the Illinois Supreme Court to overturn his conviction for mendacity about being the sufferer of a hate crime assault.

Jussie reported to Chicago Police that he was the sufferer of a racist and homophobic assault by two white males, who had been additionally MAGA supporters, carrying ski masks in January 2019. Police discovered that Jussie arrange the crime and charged him and he was despatched to jail.

“What should have been a straightforward case has been complicated by the intersection of politics and public outrage,” Smollett’s attorneys wrote in a courtroom submitting.

In accordance with the Chicago Tribune, Smollett additionally claims he’s protected in opposition to double jeopardy as a result of, by turning over his bond and performing neighborhood service, he says he was already punished.

Smollett was sentenced to 5 months in jail, however was launched six days after going into Prepare dinner County Jail whereas interesting his conviction and sentence.

In his attraction, he claims the prosecution used “uninvited commentary that was dismissive of lines of defense questioning that had sought to establish homophobia, a central theory of the defense case; made commentary defending a detective’s investigative decision during cross-examination; accused one of the defense counsels, without basis, of editorializing during cross-examination; and made commentary that sought to hurry along parts of the defense cross-examination; all of which occurred in front of the jury.”

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