Unpacking the Smollett Controversy

Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett convicted of staging a hate crime attack against himself on a cold Chicago night.  Then the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Smollett's conviction. The court did not consider where the actor committed the crime, only that his constitutional rights were violated when he was prosecuted again after  the original charges were dropped.   Smollett then settled with the city.   Now a new Netflix documentary suggest Smollett was telling the truth. 

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