by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Mar 17, 2022 | Articles, Crime & Punishment
Jussie Smollett walked out of the Cook County jail late Wednesday evening, March 16. The five-time convicted felon served only five nights before his release. Smollett’s 150-day sentence, imposed last week for manufacturing a hoax hate crime, was suspended Tuesday...
by Liberty Nation Authors | Mar 11, 2022 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Opinion
After an hours-long sentencing hearing, actor Jussie Smollett received the maximum fine for a class 4 felony in Illinois, $25,000; the maximum amount of felony probation, 30 months; restitution of $120,126; and 150 days in the Cook County Jail. He was ordered to begin...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Jan 29, 2021 | Articles, Crime & Punishment
The Department of Justice arrested a man for meme panels he made and posted leading up to the 2016 presidential election. The DOJ wants to put Douglass Mackey, known on Twitter as “Ricky Vaughn,” into federal prison for a decade for posting numerous memes against...
by Mark Angelides | Aug 10, 2019 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics
LIVE UPDATES – Keep Checking Back Convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his jail cell in Lower Manhattan. So far, all reports indicate that he committed suicide by hanging while awaiting disposition of his federal criminal charges....
by Kelli Ballard | Aug 31, 2018 | Articles, Crime & Punishment
Let’s all put our hands together and give a warm round of applause to the state of California and its ability to never cease to amaze and amuse us. In its newest liberal scheme, local and state lawmakers thought it a good idea to give alleged criminals a cue from...