Though prosecutors said there was “overwhelming” evidence that Jussie Smollett staged an assault on himself in late January 2019, there will be no verdict today in the ex-Empire star’s trial.After just over mere two hours of initial deliberation Wednesday on the six felony charges Smollett is facing in a chilly Chicago, the six-man and six-woman tribunal packed it in for the day at around 5 PM local time.
Even though it has been fairly long days for the weeklong trial in Cook County Judge James Linn’s courtroom, proceedings were permitted to end a little earlier today because one juror had a concert to attend with their child.Ending the day, Judge Linn told the jury to begin its deliberations anew tomorrow at 9:15 AM CST.Smollett is facing
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