{"id":2113765,"date":"2023-12-01T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jussie-smollett-conviction-upheld-by-appeals-court-in-hate-crime-hoax\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T18:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T23:40:41","slug":"jussie-smollett-conviction-upheld-by-appeals-court-in-hate-crime-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jussie-smollett-conviction-upheld-by-appeals-court-in-hate-crime-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Jussie Smollett&#8217;s hate crime hoax conviction upheld by appeals court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjussie-smollett-conviction-upheld-by-appeals-court-in-hate-crime-hoax%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2113765&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>3:22 PM \u2013 Friday, \u2063December 1, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett could \u200bbe heading back to jail after orchestrating\u200d a hate crime in 2019 that caused a media frenzy. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, an Illinois appeals court upheld\u200c the <em>Empire <\/em>actor\u2019s conviction, which included five felony counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-ariana-grande-called-smollett-incident-really-f-sick\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Ariana Grande Called Smollett Incident \u2018Really F****** Sick\u2019\">disorderly conduct related<\/a> to the fabricated &#8220;racist, homophobic attack.&#8221; He was also sentenced to 150 days in prison in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2-1 decision, Justice David Navarro and Justice Mary Ellen Coghlan agreed on upholding the conviction, while Judge Freddrenna Lyle dissented, according to court documents. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Smollett reported\u2062 to \u2063Chicago police that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-top-three-entertainment-stories-of-the-week\/\" title=\"The Top Three Entertainment Stories Of The Week\">men wearing ski masks<\/a>.\u00a0Smollett falsely claimed\u2064 that the two men were Trump supporters who \u2064were wearing &#8220;red MAGA hats&#8221; and that they said &#8220;This \u2064is MAGA country&#8221; before assaulting him. <\/p>\n<p>However, the search for the attackers turned into an investigation on Smollett and resulted in \u2064an arrest after it was discovered that he had actually paid the two men, whom he knew from the cast\u200b of <em>Empire<\/em>,\u2064 to help him orchestrate the fake hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>During the process, lawyers for Smollett still maintained\u2063 that he was \u200cthe victim of racial injustice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>During the sentencing hearing, Smollett claimed innocence. &#8220;I did not do this, and I am not suicidal,\u200b and if anything happens to me when I go \u2062there, I did not do\u2064 it to myself, and \u2062you must all know that,&#8221; Smollett said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p>Special prosecutor Dan Webb, told \u2063TMZ that the ruling was &#8220;a \u2062resounding and \u200cprofound victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Having a dissenting voice\u2063 in the ruling is not uncommon. The decision by the appeals court is final,&#8221; he insisted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;What happens next \u2064is Mr. Smollett can file a \u2063petition for a higher appeal to\u200d The Illinois Supreme Court,&#8221;\u200b Webb continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;This \u200dis purely discretionary meaning the\u200d court\u200c does not have to hear this appeal. \u2062He lost all legal rights to an \u2062appeal with today&#8217;s decision. If the Supreme Court decides to\u2063 hear his appeal, there will be briefs filed and a hearing date set. If not, then the case goes back to the \u2062trial \u2062court, which will execute his sentence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smollet\u2019s team said that they will continue fighting\u200c the decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;We are preparing to\u2064 escalate this matter to the Supreme Court, armed with a substantial \u200dbody of evidence,&#8221; a rep for the actor told TMZ.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The disgraced\u2063 actor reported \u200bto jail on March 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022 and \u2062was released only six days later pending his appeal. <\/p>\n<p>After\u200d Smollett\u2019s\u2063 legal team files for another appeal, the \u200cIllinois Supreme Court will decide \u2062whether or\u2064 not they \u200bwill\u200c hear the case. If the conviction \u2064is not overturned, he will \u200cbe required to serve out \u2062the rest of his 150-day jail sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox \u200cfor free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200b \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Is 65% of the first amendment really free speech? <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the third part of an exclusive interview with Missouri \u200cAttorney General\u2063 Andrew Bailey, One America\u2019s Chief White House Correspondent Monica Paige <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Trump\u2019s gag order is reinstated to Judge Engoron\u2019s \u200cdelight, The ceasefire in Gaza is extended 1 day and\u200d Bob Iger\u200c incurs \u2064Elon\u2019s wrath<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Ralph Norman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Market capitalizations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whistleblower-reveals-censorship-industrial-complex\/\" title=\"Whistleblower exposes \"Censorship Industrial Complex\">global mega-cap companies surged<\/a>, buoyed by a decline \u2064in U.S. yields\u200d and growing\u200b anticipation \u200dof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/decolonization-part-of-radical-climate-agenda\/\" title=\"Decolonization' in Radical Climate Agenda\">potential rate cuts amid diminishing worries<\/a> about inflation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More advertisers are likely to flee Elon Musk\u2019s social media platform X after the billionaire lashed out at some of the biggest names in the media industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>We asked ChatGPT, OpenAI\u2019s viral chatbot, how it felt on \u200dits first birthday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>4:05 \u2062PM UTC \u2013 November 29, 2023 LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 Google DeepMind has \u2063used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the structure of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does the Illinois appeals court&#8217;s decision to\u200d uphold Smollett&#8217;s conviction impact \u200cthe credibility of the \u2064justice system?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  R \u2064not\u200d to hear the case. If they\u200c choose not to hear it, Smollett will have to serve his sentence\u2064 in its entirety. However, if the Supreme Court decides to hear the appeal, the case will go \u200cthrough the\u2063 appeals\u200b process again \u200cand the final \u2064outcome will be determined by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The conviction and sentencing of Jussie Smollett have\u2063 been a highly controversial and widely publicized case. When\u2064 the alleged \u2062hate crime was first reported, it garnered significant attention and sympathy from the \u200bmedia and the\u200c public. However,\u200c as the investigation progressed, it became clear\u2062 that Smollett had staged the attack in order to gain\u2062 attention and sympathy for \u2063himself. This revelation shocked many and led to a loss of credibility\u2062 for the actor.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by the Illinois appeals court to uphold Smollett&#8217;s \u2062conviction is an important step towards justice. It sends \u2064a clear message that\u200d fabricating a \u200chate\u200b crime is a serious offense that will not be \u200btolerated. It also serves as a reminder that \u2062the justice\u2063 system is designed to hold individuals\u2064 accountable for their actions, regardless of their status or popularity.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d dissenting opinion by Judge Freddrenna Lyle highlights the complexity\u200c of the case and the differing perspectives on the matter. However, with a 2-1 majority in favor of upholding the conviction, it is clear that the majority of the appeals court justices believe in the \u2064validity of the evidence and the fairness of the trial.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, it will be interesting to see if Jussie Smollett&#8217;s legal \u2063team is able to mount a successful\u2064 appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. They have stated that they have \u2063substantial evidence to support\u2063 their case, but it will \u2064ultimately be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether or not to hear it. Regardless of the outcome, \u2063this case serves as a reminder of the importance of \u200cmaintaining the integrity of the justice system and ensuring that justice is served.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the\u200b Illinois appeals court&#8217;s decision to uphold Jussie Smollett&#8217;s\u200c conviction \u2063is a significant\u200c step towards justice. It sends \u2062a clear message that fabricating a hate crime is a \u200bserious \u2062offense that\u200d will not be tolerated. Whether or not the\u200b case will be heard by \u2064the Illinois Supreme\u200c Court is yet to be determined. Regardless, the outcome of this case will have far-reaching implications for the credibility of the justice system\u200b and the consequences for those\u2064 who seek to deceive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, an Illinois appeals court upheld Jussie Smollett&#8217;s conviction for staging a hate crime in 2019. The disgraced actor, known for his role in Empire, may face jail time for the incident that caused a media uproar. 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