Jussie Smollett maintains innocence in first interview after jail: If I did this, 'I'd be a piece of s---'
The actor also denies staging the hate crime attack to advance his career.
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Jussie Smollett to be released from jail on bond pending appeal
The former Empire actor was originally sentenced to 30 months of probation, including 150 days in jail, for lying to police about a staged hate crime.
Taraji P. Henson calls for Empire costar Jussie Smollett's freedom from jail after sentencing
"I am not here to debate you on his innocence but we can agree that the punishment does not fit the crime,"Â Henson writes of her former TV son.
Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in staged hate crime
The Empire actor was sentenced to 30 months of felony probation, including the first five months in county jail.
