The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the actor should not have been prosecuted again for the 2019 incident after previously making a deal with the government.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday on the actor’s argument that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the local state’s attorney initially dropped charges.
Jussie Smollett's attorney says 'rule of law was the big winner' after the Illinois Supreme Court decided on Thursday to overturn the actor's false crime conviction.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself
Actor Jussie Smollett no longer has a conviction for orchestrating a hate crime hoax after the Illinois Supreme Court overturned his 2021 conviction on Thursday.
The Illinois Supreme Court announced its decision to reverse former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's criminal conviction connected to a 2019 hate crime hoax in...
In a stunning move, the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the convictions of former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, finding that a special prosecutor’s decision to retry him for allegedly
Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett has had his conviction for lying about a fake racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago thrown out by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges he staged a hate crime against himself in Chicago in 2019 and then lied to police about it has been overturned by the Illinois State Supreme Court. “Today we resolve a question about the state’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defend…
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