kIn Sun-Times op-ed, State's Attorney Kim Foxx says justice system 'failed' in Jussie Smollett case
-- The Cook County State's Attorney's office issued a brief statement Thursday night saying it was time to"move forward" after Jussie Smollett was sentenced to, State's Attorney Kim Foxx did not mince words – arguing that the justice system had"failed" in the Smollett case, and saying a special prosecutor should not have been appointed to reopen the case after Foxx's office dropped the charges against Smollett.
Judge Linn on Thursday sentenced Smollett to 30 months' probation, and said he will be required to spend the first 150 days in jail, beginning immediately. He also ordered Smollett to pay $120,106 in restitution to the city and fined him $25,000. Cook County prosecutors last year dropped the original 16 disorderly conduct charges against Smollett in March 2019, just over a month after Chicago police had accused him of orchestrating a hoax. The charges were dropped after Foxx forfeited the $10,000 bail he had posted after his arrest. He also had performed 16 hours of community service with the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. and then-Police Supt. Eddie Johnson has said he doesn't believe justice was served.
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