Jesse Jackson leads rally for Chicago basketball star convicted in sex assault

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Darrell Williams’ supporters put their faith in God on Thursday night — and in the unifying power of the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Williams, 22, a suspended Oklahoma State basketball player from Chicago, is scheduled to be sentenced here Friday for molesting two women at a college house party. Williams was convicted of two counts rape by instrumentation and one count of sexual battery, but that means little to his supporters.

“Jesus was innocent but convicted,” Jackson said.

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