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The actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail. He stars in Empire with Terrence Howard, Bryshere Y. Gray, Taraji P. Henson and Naomi Campbell...

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx slammed the legal team behind the criminal prosecution of Jussie Smollett, writing in a staggering oped that the "justice system failed" just hours after the disgraced Hollywood star was sentenced to jail time for hate crimes hoax conviction.

Jussie Smollett’s criminal case could finally come to an end Thursday when the actor is set to be sentenced for staging a hoax hate crime on himself.

Other legal experts watching the case, though, say the former “Empire” actor could also end up with probation for the hoax hate crime.

Actor Jussie Smollett is returning to courtroom for sentence after jury found him guilty of lying to police about suffering a hate crime.

Though cameras weren’t allowed during Smollett's trial late last year, Cook County Judge James Linn issued an order Friday allowing media organizations to film inside his courtroom during the actor's upcoming March 10 sentencing.

Over a Zoom call Thursday, Cook County Judge James Linn said Jussie Smollett, his attorneys and special prosecutors must appear in person for a March 10 hearing to handle sentencing and any post-trial motions from the defense.

Eric Zorn: The vast understatement of Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxxs admission that she "didnt handle (the Smollett case) well" in an October 2019 interview with Axios came clear in the 59-page report from the Office of the Special Prosecutor released to the public last week.

The report from special prosecutor Dan Webb included such terms as "substantial abuse of discretion," "breached its obligations of honesty" and "major failure." Those are not terms that Foxx can shrug off.

The special prosecutor's report on how Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx initially investigated Jussie Smollett was made public.