Judge Michael Toomin said prosecution may not have been legally sound from the beginning
A Cook County judge has ordered a special prosecutor to look into the sudden dismissal of charges against Jussie Smollett.A Cook County judge ordered Friday that a special prosecutor review the dismissal of all charges against Jussie Smollett.
“There was no master on the bridge to guide the ship as it floundered through uncharted waters, and it ultimately lost its bearings,” Toomin wrote in . “The unprecedented irregularities identified in this case warrants the appointment of independent counsel to restore the public’s confidence in the integrity of our criminal justice system.”In January, Smollett caused a media frenzy after he reported that he was attacked by two men near his apartment where they put a noose around his neck and yelled racist and homophobic slurs.
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