Special Prosecutor Denies Jussie Smollett’s Claims He Had Deal To Avoid Prosecution

Special prosecutor Dan Webb, who’s answerable for Jussie Smollett being discovered responsible of a hate crime hoax, says the actor’s claims he was supplied a deal to keep away from jail time is a lie.

Jussie says the Prepare dinner County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace agreed that he might do volunteer group service and forfeit his bond and that his prices wuld be dropped.

In court docket docs, Webb says that “agreement” was “imaginary” and that he’s a sufferer of double jeopardy.

Webb alleges safety from double jeopardy is “triggered only after the accused has been subjected to the hazards of trial and possible conviction” and that the preliminary prices had been dropped 12 days after Jussie was arraigned and earlier than a there was a “jury impaneled, any witnesses sworn in or evidence produced.”

A jury convicted Smollett in 2021 on 5 felony counts of disorderly conduct and he was given a 150-day stint in jail however spent simply six days in jail whereas his attraction was pending.

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