As we reported earlier, in a landmark decision, the Illinois State Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett‘s conviction, a ruling that brings a degree of vindication to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.

On November 21, 2024, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned Jussie Smollett's conviction. The actor was charged and convicted of disorderly conduct in 2021 for lying to the police about being a victim of a hate crime.

Nearly six years after actor Jussie Smollett was accused of staging a hate-crime hoax in downtown Chicago and lying to police, an Illinois Supreme Court decision overturned his conviction over prosecutorial issues,

Illinois Supreme Court rules that a second case by a special prosecutor violated Smollett's rights after he'd already fulfilled the requirements of a plea deal on the same charges.

Jussie Smollett's attorney said the actor was "harmed substantially" after he was found guilty of lying about a 2019 hate crime in an interview with "GMA3" following the overturning of his conviction.

The two brothers who admitted to helping actor Jussie Smollett stage the actor’s 2019 assault declared the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the actor’s conviction is a “real injustice.” “We were taken aback initially,

In 2021, Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct after it turned out he set up the attack.