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05-31-2019, 09:39 AM
Smollett files: Prosecutors double-crossed police on admission of guilt
Why did Chicago police get so angry when Jussie Smollett walked away from his hate-crime hoax scot-free? Newly released documents from the previously sealed case file reveal that prosecutors double-crossed them (https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/30/documents-reveal-police-believed-jussie-smollett-deal-would-include-admission-of-guilt/),
CBS’ Chicago affiliate reports. A week after getting the case, the state attorney’s office told police that they would cut a deferred-prosecution deal with the Empire actor, but led them to believe that would include a public admission of guilt:
From all the documents in the Jussie Smollett case it is becoming clear why the Chicago Police Department and the mayor were so publicly upset when charges in the case were suddenly dropped.
Jusse Smollett was to admit guilt for staging a hate crime. Instead he walked free. …
Documents revealed that on February 28 after Smollett was indicted, the state’s attorney’s office notified CPD, saying the case would be prosecuted with $10,000 in restitution, community service and admission of guilt.
But that admission of guilt never happened as charges were suddenly dropped by Kim Foxx’s office nearly a month later, and Smollett walked free, blindsiding police.
Kim Foxx’ office ordered police to close their investigation a week after being handed the case, claiming that they would continue the investigation themselves. The deferred-prosecution model for a settlement came up a month later with the detectives, which was not unusual — as long as the defendant allocuted to his crime. It wasn’t significant enough to report up the chain of command, the papers reveal, only becoming an issue once Smollett and his attorneys claimed that he had been vindicated and exonerated. That infuriated police and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, leading to the very public confrontation between the city and Foxx.
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/31/smollett-files-prosecutors-double-crossed-police-admission-guilt/
Why did Chicago police get so angry when Jussie Smollett walked away from his hate-crime hoax scot-free? Newly released documents from the previously sealed case file reveal that prosecutors double-crossed them (https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/30/documents-reveal-police-believed-jussie-smollett-deal-would-include-admission-of-guilt/),
CBS’ Chicago affiliate reports. A week after getting the case, the state attorney’s office told police that they would cut a deferred-prosecution deal with the Empire actor, but led them to believe that would include a public admission of guilt:
From all the documents in the Jussie Smollett case it is becoming clear why the Chicago Police Department and the mayor were so publicly upset when charges in the case were suddenly dropped.
Jusse Smollett was to admit guilt for staging a hate crime. Instead he walked free. …
Documents revealed that on February 28 after Smollett was indicted, the state’s attorney’s office notified CPD, saying the case would be prosecuted with $10,000 in restitution, community service and admission of guilt.
But that admission of guilt never happened as charges were suddenly dropped by Kim Foxx’s office nearly a month later, and Smollett walked free, blindsiding police.
Kim Foxx’ office ordered police to close their investigation a week after being handed the case, claiming that they would continue the investigation themselves. The deferred-prosecution model for a settlement came up a month later with the detectives, which was not unusual — as long as the defendant allocuted to his crime. It wasn’t significant enough to report up the chain of command, the papers reveal, only becoming an issue once Smollett and his attorneys claimed that he had been vindicated and exonerated. That infuriated police and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, leading to the very public confrontation between the city and Foxx.
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/31/smollett-files-prosecutors-double-crossed-police-admission-guilt/