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Actor faces up to three years in prison, but could instead be sentenced to probation and community service

>> reporter: the jury has spoken, the disgraced actor is found guilty on 5 counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about an anti-gay racist attack he staged against himself. he was acquitted on 6 counts of lying to executives in the weeks after he said he was attacked, his attorney says they won't stop fighting. >> we feel 100% confident this case will be won on appeal. we remain confident we will come back and he will be vindicated. >> reporter: special prosecutor dan webb says small higher two brothers to fake the attacked and lied about it under oath and on top of it wasted valuabl...

>> reporter: the jury has spoken, the industry sector is found guilty on 5 counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about an anti-game racist attack staged against himself. he was acquitted on the sixth count applying to a detective in the weeks after, the actor said he was attacked. smollett's attorney says they won't stop fighting. >> we feel 100% confident that this case will be won on appeal, that we will come back and be vindicated. >> reporter: dan webb said smollett higher two brothers to fake the attack applied about it under oath and wasted valuable city resources. >> 26 chica...

Officers tried to take him into custody >> all he has to do is stop and he'd be with us, but he goes. she can't let him leave because he's going to kill her partner. and so she does taser, taser, taser, and she pulls the trigger believing that it was a taser. >> reporter: prosecutors said the case is all about a former police officer failing to do her job and killing an innocent young man attorneys have said potter will testify in her own defense. lester >> ron allen, thank you. late today a jury in chicago began deliberating charges that actor jussie smollett staged an anti-gay racist attac...

Deliberating today. prosecutors said he lied about his alleged racist attack. two brothers said smollett paid them to carry out a fake attack. smollett testified it was not a hoax. they are going for 1 juror to hung it and he either get a retrail or gets off. >> sandra: closing arguments under way. scott peterson will be resentenced today to life in prison for the murders of laci peterson and their unborn child. prosecutors say scott killed her on new year's eve. first to laura ingle who joins us live outside of the