04-12-2019, 01:10 PM
Grand juries don't deliver verdicts as to whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime.
They hear early theories and evidence and decide whether there's enough there to indict. It's up to the District Attorney to decide whether the case should be prosecuted or not based on several factors.
The District Attorney in this case decided not to press criminal charges against Smollett.
Personally, I think he's guilty of a fucked-up, self-centered and politically-motivated hoax. But, that's just my opinion, it's not an established fact or verdict.
Smollett was not found guilty by a jury of his peers or a judge who had the benefit of deliberating full evidence and cases presented by both sides.
They hear early theories and evidence and decide whether there's enough there to indict. It's up to the District Attorney to decide whether the case should be prosecuted or not based on several factors.
The District Attorney in this case decided not to press criminal charges against Smollett.
Personally, I think he's guilty of a fucked-up, self-centered and politically-motivated hoax. But, that's just my opinion, it's not an established fact or verdict.
Smollett was not found guilty by a jury of his peers or a judge who had the benefit of deliberating full evidence and cases presented by both sides.