December 22, 2024

Actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction overturned in hate crime hoax case, Illinois Supreme Court rules

Smollett had challenged nearly every aspect of his case, arguing that he should have been done with the case after Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office struck a deal to drop the charges, that the special prosecutor who re-investigated the case and re-indicted him a year later was wrongfully appointed.

Jussie Smollett leaves court after charges were dropped in 2019. He was re-indicted a year later on charges of staging a hate crime attack, and the state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned his 2022 guilty verdict

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file

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