Illinois
Jussie Smollett’s Conviction for Hate Crime Hoax Overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
Smollett should not have been tried a second time after the initial charges were resolved in a negotiated agreement, the court decided
Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor who was convicted, in 2021, of staging a hate crime on himself in 2019, has had that conviction overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. The court ruled that, since Smollett had negotiated an agreement when s... [1181 chars]