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Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in staged hate crime case

Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail and 30 months probation after being found guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. The actor will also have to pay $145,000 (£110,000) in restitution fees and fines, the latter of which was set at the maximum allowed by law ($25,000). He will do his jail time in Cook County prison in Chicago, Illinois, though only 75 days will be spent behind bars as the total 150 days is part of his probation sentence. “I did not do this,” he…

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Jussie Smollett requests a new trial after receiving a guilty verdict for staging a hate crime

Empire star Jussie Smollett filed a request for a new trial after receiving a guilty verdict for his hate crime case. According to a report from NBC News, the actor filed an 83-page document that claimed “numerous trial errors leading up to the trial.”  In the request, Smollett’s team said that their inability to participate in the jury selection process prevented them from recognizing “questionable impartiality.”  They also claimed that the evidence introduced to the jury was “insufficient and inconsistent so that no reasonable trier of fact could have found…

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