JUSSIE SMOLLETT CONVICTED: A SHAMELESS INVETERATE LIAR.

ICHEOKU says for the fourth time this year, juries in America have proved themselves worthy of the trust and confidence reposed on them to follow the evidence in arriving at their verdicts. Four cases which captured the nation's and to a large extent, global attention, were decided by the jury and they came out in flying colors. 

First was the Minneapolis jury which convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd. Then the Kenosha jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty by reason of self defense in the killing of two BLM knuckleheads. Third was the Brunswick Georgia jury which found the three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery guilty as charged; and now the latest Cooke County jury which has formally determined Jussie Smollett a liar by convicting him for repeatedly lying to the police about a staged hate crime attack against him. 

For most people who dispassionately assessed these four cases, the four respective jury verdicts merely formalized outcomes that were expected because they were obviously predictable. So, the four verdicts were more or less affirmations; and also confidence builders in our justice system as the juries got them all right. They did not allow themselves to be distracted by the noise of the politics surrounding the cases, nor were they derailed into taking their focus off the evidence; rather they followed the evidence right to the very end. Their verdicts were all the correct and right verdicts, and for this reason the nation is grateful that the system worked as ordained and expected.

Although sometimes, some verdicts defies every imaginable logic and reason, the reason some people are oftentimes dubious about the American justice system. But these four verdicts clearly inoculated the jury system and reassured everyone that justice can still be served by the American jury, regardless of the pressure mounted on them to try and force a different outcome. The four verdicts are soothing development and also very big gifts to America's justice system as they banished all the doubts about getting justice therefrom. They also restored confidence and trust that justice is still capable of being served in America.

ICHEOKU says is not rejoicing that Jussie Smollett was convicted by a jury of his peers for repeatedly lying to the police during the course of investigating his hoax; but he did the crime and the jury agrees and so, he should do the time. What he did nearly set the nation ablaze as he tried to pitch black people against white people, and the homosexual community against the straight community in what would have been a very bad hate crimes disorder. He is openly gay homosexual black man and by his action, represented both the gasoline and match stick; only that the investigation stopped the striking of the match and saved the day.

Jussie Smollett is one heck of a weirdo as just being queer is not enough to encapsulate the disaster which he attempted to bring about with that hoax. He therefore deserves whatever comes to him by way of punishment for the crimes he committed and he should employ the same brazen audacity with which he perpetrated it in serving his time in prison. ICHEOKU says  he deserves to be given some time in the big house to enable him thinking through what he failed to think through before putting the wheel of his action in motion. Probation or fine or suspended sentence will not serve the justice which the jury intended by their verdict. He should do some time, no matter the length of its duration.

Now to other asides from the verdict: the verdict reiterates the need for politicians to learn to curb their enthusiasm, proceed with caution and not to always be in a rush to dabble into every evolving situation and development in the country to foster their political nest. It was the second time President Joe Biden should be regretful for rushing in to give his two cents opinion, one being when he called Kyle Rittenhouse a racist killer only to be later shamed into self-guilt by the jury verdict. Now, another jury has again forced him to eat the humble pie by determining that nobody attacked Jussie Smollett because of who he sleeps with or his diluted hybrid color. It was a hoax, he staged it and the jury agreed. 

The other politician who should be showing serious remorse right now because of her unguarded rush into the Smollett matter is the Cooke County District Attorney Kim Foxx. She rushed to give Jussie Smollett a free pass before getting all the facts of the evidence which showed otherwise. Now, she has once again been disavowed by the jury, in addition to the earlier rebuke by a grand jury which restored the dropped charges against Jussie Smollett. Everything in America must not always have to be seen through the prism of black and white skin colors; or pursued in the "we against them" warring mode. Jussie did it and the DA should have assessed the case dispassionately without factoring in the color of Jussie Smollett or that he prefers to sleep with his fellow men. 

Anyway, as the nation awaits Jussie Smollett's sentencing, in the interest of continuing the now undeniably restored fair justice, Halyna Hutchins' killer Alec Baldwin should be immediately indicted for discharging the bullet which pierced her heart, killing her instantly. He did it, the gun discharged in his hand and he too should be put through the process and if found guilty by a jury of his peers, do the time accordingly. But to allow Alec Baldwin to continue walking around a free man and giving useless interviews which insults our collective intelligence, offends and challenges everything about this newly restored faith in our justice system. His freedom needs to end now so that justice can be done for Halyna Hutchins because she cannot rest in peace until justice is served on her killer.