Jussie Smollett Ordered Released From Jail Pending Appeal; Served Less Than A Week Of 150 Day Conviction
deadline.comAfter less than a week behind bars on a 150-day sentence for faking a hate crime, Jussie Smollett will be walking out of the Cook County Jail today.A one-page order unceremoniously released by the Illinois Appellate Court on Wednesday granted the motion for a stay of the sentence from the former Empire actor’s lawyers.
Denied an appeal by the sentencing judge last week, the defense team sought to set Smollett free while his appeal on five felony convictions is pending.
The Appellate Court judge agreed, citing that Smollett would likely already have served his jail time sentence before his appeal had gotten very far.
The order also noted the fact that the actor had never been convicted of a violent crime In fact, the paperwork’s only real demand was that Smollett put up a $150,000 personal recognizance bond.The process around that bond and Smollett walking out a free man for now is taking place immediately, I hear.
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