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CHICAGO (AP) — A judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in jail, branding the...

Smollett’s attorneys read aloud letters from other supporters, including an organizer with Black Lives Matter, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and LaTanya and Samuel L. Jackson that asked Linn to consider the case’s effect on Smollett’s life.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday to 150 days in jail and ordered to pay restitution and a fine for his conviction on charges that he lied to Chicago police when the former “Empire” actor and R&B singer reported being the vict

Jussie Smollett maintained his innocence during his sentencing hearing Thursday after a judge sentenced the former Empire actor to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that he orchestrated himself.

Smollett was also ordered to pay 120,106 dollars (£91,281) in restitution to the city of Chicago.

Smollett was also ordered to pay 120,106 dollars (£91,281) in restitution to the city of Chicago.

The former Empire star was found guilty last December on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report.

Former Cook County Judge Dan Locallo said the state’s attorney’s column amounts to an “attempt to divert any discussion as to why her office acted in the manner that they did.”

Smollett’s jail sentence is excessive, but he brought it on himself. Most important, let’s hope we never hear again about “substantial abuses of discretion” from the state’s attorney’s office.

Smollett was also ordered to pay 120,106 dollars (£91,281) in restitution to the city of Chicago.