Smollett Conviction Overturned by State Supreme Court

One of the most publicized cases during the Trump presidency has just been overturned.

Actor Jussie Smollett tried to cash on a hate crime hoax, but he got caught.

Now, however, the Illinois Supreme Court is letting him off the hook because a previous deal had been put on the table by prosecutor Kimberly Foxx.

But You Made a Deal

The deal that Foxx made with Smollett at the time was a complete joke and everyone knew it.

He only got the deal because he was a celebrity and Foxx was trying to allow him to save face.

A special prosecutor later refiled charges against Smollett, a case that Smollett lost.

Now, however, the state Supreme Court says that the initial deal should have been the end of the prosecution of Smollett.

The court stated that it was "fundamentally unfair to allow the prosecution to renege on a deal with a defendant when the defendant has relied on the agreement to his detriment.

"We are aware that this case has generated significant public interest and that many people were dissatisfied with the resolution of the original case and believed it to be unjust.

“Nevertheless, what would be more unjust than the resolution of any one criminal case would be a holding from this court that the State was not bound to honor agreements upon which people have detrimentally relied.”

The court cited the precedent in the Bill Cosby case, when his conviction for sexual assault was overturned because of a previous deal that had been cut with the Montgomery County prosecutor.

Lead attorney Nenye Uche responded to the ruling, stating, "This was a vindictive persecution, not a prosecution.

"The Supreme Court made it clear: prosecutions must be based on facts, not public opinion.

"If this had been a regular citizen, this case would never have gone to trial.”

That is a complete and utter lie, however, as the only reason, as noted above, that the initial deal was put in place was because Foxx was treating Smollett with kid gloves because of his celebrity status.

He faked a hate crime, a crime for which we have seen plenty of people prosecuted over the last few years.

Yet, after costing the city more than $120,000, Smollett is getting off the hook (the city still plans on suing him to recover the costs of the investigation).