Illinois Supreme Court to hear Jussie Smollett's appeal Tuesday

The Illinois Supreme Court will hear former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's appeal of his convictions for orchestrating a hate crime hoax.
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[pattym]

He should stay in jail, no rights to appeal, for what he's done.

[StonedVet]

dude needs to shut up and do his time.

[OperationChicago]

Should've just done his 4 months and been done with this.

[JesseRedlum]

This guy has already wasted so many taxpayer resources with this foolishness... there should be additional penalties attached to continuing the waste the people's time/money.

[bernieappugliese]

What another waste of tax payers money. Serve your time already and then shut up.

[sallybrown]

Hopefully he will get 10 more years for wasting peoples time and the courts after he was caught and found guilty years ago for his BS hoax.

[TheNewSoda]

I swear if he joke about all the hate crimes again he should actually be canceled by the cancel culture

[mannyfresh]

Just go away already. Wear your mark of shame in silence

[andrewajjones]

Give him more jail time, for wasting taxpayers money, and the legal systems time.

[JohnnyThorNMEnumber]

What are the consequences of filing a false police report in Illinois?
Filing a false police report is classified as a Class 4 felony in Illinois. A conviction for this offense can result in: Imprisonment: A sentence ranging from 1 to 3 years in state prison. Fines: Fines of up to $25, 000.

[Jannett-iklh]

If any of you know, there been more investigation into this guess what. Youll be surprised the people lied on him

[quarf]

all this could have been done in 4 months

[johnaltobello]

WHY? THE FIX IS ALREADY PLANNED..WHO'S PAYING FOR HIS LAWYERS?

[Since-]

I would appeal the first set of penalties brought against him and double them. Stay out of Chicago.

[ohhhreallynow]

He should be in jail for lying and filing a false police report.

[daveg]

What a waste of everyone's time. Now the supreme court of Illinois. Just put the man in jail. He's done enough damage.

[steinson]

i hope they catch the guy that did this

[javiruiz]

Give him 5 more years for being annoying 👋

[tonylarussa]

He faked a hate crime. THAT alone should be a hate

[boomb]

Talk about throwing away your career for absolutely nothing. He's afraid to be not famous anymore oh now he's infamous.