Juicy Smollett conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court

[thetragichippy]

It's been overturned due to a technicality, but his name will stay with the likes of Millie Vanilli😄

 

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[baddog]

Illinois……no surprise here. Too bad for “Juicy”. Fellas like him have fun in prison.

[tvc184]

His verdict was not overturned on evidence. 

The unethical prosecutor, whose decision itself was overturned, was allowed to stand.

 Here is an example.

A guy crossed the street and commited jaywalking. A guy driving a car had to swerve to miss the guy who was jaywalking.

After getting in an argument, the driver attempted to drive away and the guy who jaywalked shoots and kills him in basically a road rage incident. He was arrested for murder  

For political reasons, the prosecutor tells the jaywalker, if you plead guilty to the pedestrian traffic charge, we will drop the murder charge.  Naturally, he agreed, knowing that he’s been given a gift for appearance.

Another prosecutor came along and asked on appeal to reinstate the murder charges. An appeals court agreed saying that there is an ample evidence for such a charge. They went to trial and the prosecution was able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that murder was committed.

In steps to state Supreme Court. While it is obvious that all of the evidence was valid and it’s obviously that the murder was proven beyond a reasonable doubt, because the special prosecutor allowed the murder suspect to plead guilty to a traffic ticket, he can’t be charged again for murder under double Jeopardy.

 

[Big girl]

13 hours ago, tvc184 said:

His verdict was not overturned on evidence. 

The unethical prosecutor, whose decision itself was overturned, was allowed to stand.

 Here is an example.

A guy crossed the street and commited jaywalking. A guy driving a car had to swerve to miss the guy who was jaywalking.

After getting in an argument, the driver attempted to drive away and the guy who jaywalked shoots and kills him in basically a road rage incident. He was arrested for murder  

For political reasons, the prosecutor tells the jaywalker, if you plead guilty to the pedestrian traffic charge, we will drop the murder charge.  Naturally, he agreed, knowing that he’s been given a gift for appearance.

Another prosecutor came along and asked on appeal to reinstate the murder charges. An appeals court agreed saying that there is an ample evidence for such a charge. They went to trial and the prosecution was able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that murder was committed.

In steps to state Supreme Court. While it is obvious that all of the evidence was valid and it’s obviously that the murder was proven beyond a reasonable doubt, because the special prosecutor allowed the murder suspect to plead guilty to a traffic ticket, he can’t be charged again for murder under double Jeopardy.

 

Thanks for the explanation.