Episode 1124 • • 1:24:22 - 1:30:33
1124: Work To Rules
Cook County Alternative Prosecution and Pre-Trial Diversion
State's Attorney Kim Foxx defended the Smollett decision by citing the "alternative prosecution" model, which allows non-violent offenders to avoid a criminal record. Under this program, Smollett forfeited his $10,000 bond and performed community service for Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Foxx maintains this treatment is consistent with thousands of other cases in Cook County.