Like it or not, Illinois’ Terrence Shannon Jr. is back on the court and already dominating again
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Terrence Shannon Jr. was fired up from the first minute of his return to action for
Social media is teeming with (ahem) legal experts who won’t wait for Terrence Shannon Jr.’s criminal case to play out before rendering their verdicts about whether Illinois’ star guard has any business being back on the basketball court.
Some were outraged by his presence in an 86-63 victory Sunday against Rutgers in Champaign. Shannon, 23, is facing a rape charge in Kansas and was suspended by Illinois for six games until a U.S. District Court judge ruled Friday that the school had violated his civil rights and granted a preliminary injunction that allowed for his immediate reinstatement.
Many others — Illini fans, naturally — have piled in to defend Shannon’s due process. Some of these folks even are going so far as to proclaim Shannon’s innocence, despite the tiny fact they have utterly no idea what’s true or isn’t about the case.
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