folks in the chicago area about this is the amount of time and money that the police spent on trying to solve this crime, that a jury has said is a hoax, when there are so many other crimes and things happening in this city that people feel like the police should be concentrating on. that s an important point. joey, the prosecution made a strong case that smollett lied under oath and lacked credibility. you think that argument offly clearly resonated with the jury? i think it did. to piggyback on laura s points, peer were suffering as a result of being attacked because of the notion of haye. how does it diminish or devalue some significance to what they have to say furthermore, when you have police resource being