Recap: Jussie Smollett to be released from Cook County Jail on bond
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar is awaiting Smollett's release outside the Cook County Jail.
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CBS 2's Charlie De Mar is awaiting Smollett's release outside the Cook County Jail.
CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller explains why the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that Jussie Smollett be released on bond less than a week after he was sent to jail.
Jussie Smollett is being released from the Cook County Jail on bond, less than a week after being sentenced to 150 days for staging a hate crime against himself. CBS 2's Dana Kozlov and Charlie De Mar report.
He is currently in his own cell, which is monitored by security cameras and by an officer with a body camera.
Jussie Smollett's attorneys are planning to appeal his conviction and sentence, with the hope of getting him out of jail as soon as possible. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Jussie Smollett finished up his first day in custody at the Cook County Jail Friday after being sentenced for fabricating a hate crime and taken away on the spot. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Jussie Smollett finished up his first day in custody at the Cook County Jail Friday after being sentenced for fabricating a hate crime and taken away on the spot.
In the courtroom Thursday for more than five hours, attorneys and witnesses painted pictures of Jussie Smollett before he was sentenced to jail time for fabricating a hate crime. Here's a sampling of some points and counterpoints.
CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller weighs in on what options Jussie Smollett has after being sentenced to 150 days in jail, and why a judge came down hard on him.
After Judge James Linn sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in the Cook County Jail for faking a hate crime against himself, Smollett erupted. CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reports.
In a Chicago Sun-Times op-ed, 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.
Webb speaks after Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying about being the victim of a hate crime.
Judge James Linn sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in jail for fabricating a hate crime. Smollett had an outburst as he was taken away to jail afterward.
"I saw my brother get locked up within two weeks for being attacked. Do you know how crazy that is?" Jocqui Smollett said.
Gloria Rodriguez, attorney for star witnesses the Osundairo brothers, speaks after Jussie Smollett is sentenced to 150 days in jail for fabricating a hate crime.
Jussie Smollett's brothers insist he is innocent and was telling the truth about the victim of a violent attack, and are furious that he has being sentenced to prison after being convicted of lying. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar is at the George N. Leighton Criminal Court Building,
Judge James Linn sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in the Cook County Jail for fabricating a hate crime, and Smollett erupted in an outburst as he was taken away. CBS 2's Brad Edwards, Irika Sargent, Political Investigator Dana Kozlov, and Legal Analyst Irv Miller have analysis.
Smollett shouted "I am not suicidal. I am innocent, and I am not suicidal" after he was sentenced and ordered to immediately report to jail.
Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in the Cook County Jail for fabricating a hate crime and was taken away to the Cook County Jail on the spot. He again yelled, “I am not suicidal!” and insisted he is innocent.
After Judge James Linn sentenced Jussie Smollett for fabricating a hate crime, Jussie Smollett repeatedly said, "I am not suicidal," and insisted on his innocence.
Jussie Smollett is set to be sentenced after being convicted of fabricating a hate crime.
Special Prosecutor Dan Webb wants Jussie Smollett to spend time behind bars for his hate crime hoax conviction. He also called for a significant community service sentence.
Jussie Smollett brought family members and other character witnesses to speak at his sentencing hearing, but CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller notes that Smollett has never taken responsibility for the hoax for which he was convicted.
Meanwhile, special prosecutor Dan Webb emphasized that Jussie Smollett has never taken responsibility for the crime for which he has been convicted. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
Special prosecutor Dan Webb says Jussie Smollett lied about being the victim of a hate crime, and a jury did not believe his lie.
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