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.

21 (UPI) --Actor Jussie Smollett no longer has a conviction for orchestrating a hate crime hoax after the Illinois Supreme Court overturned ... Smollett was a cast member. Smollett is Black ...

The Illinois Supreme Court that overturned Jussie ... In just the past two years, the seven-member court has eliminated cash bail for criminals in Illinois and upheld a ban on assault weapons ...

“This does chip away at plaintiffs who are seeking increased demands on behalf of either each class member or individuals in the wake of recent Illinois Supreme Court decisions,” Kays sai ...

Darlene Blumenstock (right) and Bob Owens (left), both of Marion, Illinois ... it,” Owens said. (Photo by Carly Gist, Saluki Local Reporting Lab) The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn ...

The state's highest court ruled a special prosecutor's decision ... A Fairfield couple had their home insurance policy canceled because of a photo taken from high above their residence.

Family members of a boy charged in the deaths ... An appeal was then filed to the Illinois Supreme Court. The court has yet to rule on that appeal, though a hearing in Woodford County was set ...

Many Illinois ... court judges, and whether to keep those already on the bench in place, and voters in two districts will be asked to conform the election of two members of the state’s Supreme ...

9 (UPI) --A federal judge in Illinois has ruled the state's blanket ... injunction temporarily halting the law. The U.S. Supreme Court later declined to take up the issue. In his ruling this ...

(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) Jussie Smollett’s lead defense attorney Nenye Uche speaks to reporters during a news conference Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, In Chicago, after the Illinois ...

In Chicago, residents will vote on school board members for the first time ... In addition to the two Supreme Court races in Illinois, there are numerous other battles for seats on appellate ...

Protesters marched in downtown Chicago in June 2022 after the Supreme Court decision eliminating a constitutional right to an abortion. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Illinois’ role as a ...