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Perjury by Any Other Name

What #FreeJussie means to the fragile criminal justice system, and why sometimes jail time is just.

Branden Janese
Mar 17, 2022
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In January 2019 when Jussie Smollett claimed that he was attacked by two men on a bitter cold night in Chicago, I smelled a rat. I didn’t want to vocalize my suspicions because of all of the support that he was receiving, he even called himself the ‘gay Tupac’, and who would feel they earned such a moniker if it …

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