A Cook County judge on Friday shot down actor Jussie Smollett's attempt have the criminal charges against him dropped, telling the actor that the new charges against him do not violate his right against double jeopardy.
Smollett's attorneys made the double jeopardy argument after a special prosecutor secured a six-count indictment on charges alleging that he lied to police about a racist and anti-gay attack that police say he staged himself. The new case came months after the county's state's attorney's office abruptly announced it was dropping charges against the actor, angering police and City Hall.
The way Judge James Linn saw it, the only way double jeopardy would apply is if Smollett was legally punished for what had happened to him since he was charged in connection with the January 2019 incident in downtown Chicago. But Linn determined that the deal in which the state's attorney's office agreed to drop charges without requiring Smollett to admit any wrongdoing and Smollett agreed to forfeit his $10,000 bond did not add up to legal punishment.
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5 comments:
Lol poor 🌈
Thanks, Judge!
Disgusting lying queer.
Little fruit doesn’t deserve the attention. He should be with mama making cookies while she reads fairytales to the little darling
Dropping charges is not an acquittal. Of course it is not double jeopardy to charge again with new evidence. His lawyers were not as smart as he thought they were. He thought he was off scott-free, and couldn't be ever tried for the hoax he almost got away with. He was wrong, haha. Now we get to see how much he can afford to defend himself to keep out of prison. I bet he doesn't have enough.
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