CHICAGO — Thursday evening, his right fist raised in defiance, Jussie Smollett walked out of Judge James Linn’s courtroom and into a monthslong stretch of Cook County custody.
While Linn sentenced the former “Empire” actor to 150 days in jail, it seems likely he will be eligible for good-behavior credit, which would cut his custody sentence in half. Still, his attorneys expressed shock that he was given jail time at all.
“Anyone who is a lover of justice and fairness should be appalled by this,” his attorney Nenye Uche told reporters, saying that as a Black man he was “personally offended” by the sentence. “How much? Soon they will be asking for the guillotine.”
