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Are External Factors, Rather Than Specific Facts, Guiding the Decision to Prosecute or Investigate?

Are External Factors, Rather Than Specific Facts, Guiding the Decision to Prosecute or Investigate?
Actor Jussie Smollett, right, listens as his attorney, Patricia Brown Holmes, speaks to reporters at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse after prosecutors dropped all charges against him on March 26, 2019. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
Elad Hakim
Elad Hakim
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On March 26, prosecutors dropped all 16 charges brought against actor Jussie Smollett, who had previously filed a police report indicating that he was the victim of a hate crime. The decision to drop the charges sent shockwaves through the legal community, as many people questioned the motivation behind this rash and unforeseen outcome.

Elad Hakim
Elad Hakim
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Mr. Hakim is a political commentator and writer who is fluent in both English and Hebrew. His articles have been published in The Federalist, The Western Journal, American Thinker, World Net Daily, Sun-Sentinel, The Epoch Times and other online publications.
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