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After a judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in county jail for staging a hate crime, Taraji P. Henson joined several other celebrities in calling the punishment as excessive. Though Smollett maintained his innocence, he was found guilty last year of filing a false police report and was ultimately convicted of five counts of disorderly conduct. The Empire actor now faces 30 months of probation. Per the AP, he has also been ordered to pay $120,106 to the city of Chicago and a $25,000 fine. Smollett has seemingly implied that his safety could be at risk while he is in jail. “I am not suicidal,” he stated at his March 10 hearing. “And if anything happens to me when I go in there, I did not do it to…
