Pork-barrelling Liberals doing their best Gough Whitlam impression
Thanks to reader GT who's sure Lefty Elizabeth Farrelly will pop up again

Might be time to reconsider the jury system now that everyone's a Social Justice Warrior

What a fascinating insight!

I'd wondered how the jury could convict on the first 5 counts but not the 6th - when the facts underpinning those offences were substantially the same.

"We were doing him a favour".

Stand by for the appeal.

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The jury in Jussie Smollett’s trial felt they were doing him “a favor” when they convicted the former “Empire” actor on five counts of disorderly conduct, but not a sixth, one of the jurors told the Sun-Times Friday.

The decision was one the jury struggled with, the juror said.

In the end, “we all thought we were doing Jussie a favor,” said the juror, who asked not to be named.

That count charged the actor with lying to police during a second interview with detectives on Feb. 14 when he reported he was the victim of an aggravated battery. The other five counts of disorderly conduct Smollett was convicted of were for reporting a battery and for reporting a hate crime to other officers in the hours after the attack.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/12/10/22828351/jussie-smollett-juror-interview-hate-crime-hoax

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