Chicago prosecutor open to investigation into Smollett...

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"While Foxx said Tuesday’s decision to drop the charges does not exonerate Smollett, as the actor has claimed, she indicated that some of the evidence made getting a conviction “uncertain.”

“In determining whether or not to pursue charges, prosecutors are required to balance the severity of the crime against the likelihood of securing a conviction,” Foxx wrote. “For a variety of reasons ... my office believed the likelihood of securing a conviction was not certain.”

Police maintain that Smollett staged the attack to promote his career, and Chicago officials have ordered him to pay more than $130,000 to cover the cost of the investigation.

Foxx said Smollett’s “alleged unstable actions have probably caused him more harm than any court-ordered penance could.” But she added that jails should be reserved for those who commit violent crimes."

[mucifer]

1. I live in Chicago. It's wall to wall day after day after day after day of

coverage of this story.

It's driving me crazy.

It's being covered far more than the mayoral race that is Tuesday. Yes, Tuesday we will choose a new mayor. She will be the first black woman and probably will be the first black lesbian mayor of Chicago if Lori wins. But, no we must constantly discuss Smollett and Kim Foxx.

Sorry, I had to vent.

[former9thward]

2. She is desperate to save her job.

Democrats will be putting a candidate up against her in the primary next March. She will be defeated. She had hoped to push Dick Durbin out of the way and take his spot in the Senate. Not going to happen.