Jussie Smollett was charged with falsely reporting a hate crime in 2019, and he exercised his right to a trial in 2021. Find credible sources regarding this trial online and use those to answer the following questions:

1. What verdict did the jury reach (if any) during the guilt-innocence phase of trial?
2. In three sentences or less, what was the prosecution's theory of the case during the guilt-innocence phase of trial?
3. In three sentences or less, what was the defense's theory of the case during the guilt- innocence phase of trial?