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Jussie Smollett LEAVES Chicago jail flanked by bodyguards just six days after he was sentenced to 150 days for faking hate crime: Judge ruled he should remain free during appeal and set bond at $150,000
2022-03-17
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Disgraced 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett has been released from jail after just six days behind bars so he can appeal his conviction for faking a hate crime - with his lawyer saying the 39-year-old was refusing food behind bars, and had 'nearly given up'.

Smollett did not speak as he left the Cook County Jail, and was flanked by bodyguards as he walked out and into a waiting SUV.

He was freed after he posts the required $150,000 personal recognizance bond.

Nenye Uche, Smollett's lawyer, said that the actor put his hands on the glass separating him from his client when the news was broken to him, and reacted with 'shock'.

'He was shocked,' said Uche. 'He had nearly given up.'

Smollett spent just two of his days with the general jail population, and four in a psychiatric unit over fears for his mental wellbeing.

Judges ruled that he should go free while his lawyers work on the appeal of his conviction on five felony counts of lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack. He was jailed for 150 days.Uche, his lawyer, told the waiting press: 'Obviously the Smollett family are very, very happy about this. We are elated.'

He then criticized the judge who presided over Smollett's December trial, and who sentenced him on Thursday. Uche accused Judge James Linn of having politicized the trial, and responded to the intense public interest in the case.
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Posted by:746

#15  Strikes me that historically this person would be better confined in a mental institution than a prison.
Posted by: Glenmore   2022-03-17 17:00  

#14  For decades they have said that hate crimes are uniquely bad because they send fear throughout the targeted community. Clearly this judge disagrees.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-03-17 11:29  

#13  I think Chris is within a horseshoe.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-03-17 10:03  

#12  IMA wishing him all the very best.....in the next life.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-17 09:54  

#11  Or become a martyr for 'the movement'.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-03-17 09:40  

#10  ^ He'll go the Kaepernik route and make a fortune crying about how he can't get work anymore.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-03-17 09:30  

#9  If that sleeze ball Smollett's career is over and can't find meaningful employment, then that's good enough for me (but a few more days in jail wouldn't hurt).
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-03-17 09:27  

#8  At the moment he is just free on bail pending appeal. Whether he stays convicted or serves any more time remains to be seen.
Posted by: Glenmore   2022-03-17 09:22  

#7  And how about that district attorney in Chicago who called Michael Michelle Obama when this theater all went down?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-03-17 09:10  

#6  Black Lives Matter Co-Founder: Call the Jail to Demand Jussie Smollett Be Freed
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-03-17 09:03  

#5  I was close, I said 5 days
Posted by: Chris   2022-03-17 08:18  

#4  
Many here on RANTBURG saw it coming and called it days ago...

Slap on the wrist, and released after a few days and etc...

I wonder what the Judge got or will get in return?
Because I doubt the judge does this for the average Racist Criminal Riot provokers coming into his courtroom.

Posted by: NN2N1   2022-03-17 06:41  

#3  interesting to see whether Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris and his other celebrity supporters return his phone calls.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-03-17 06:32  

#2  Someone should warn him!

Jussie Smollett's attacker is on the loose!
Posted by: badanov   2022-03-17 04:24  

#1  Crook County for the win.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2022-03-17 01:58  

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