How Jussie Smollett’s overturned conviction is similar to Bill Cosby’s
The criminal cases of actors Jussie Smollett and Bill Cosby, both Black, high-profile entertainers found guilty before their convictions were overturned, differ widely in details but share some parallels.
Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied to Chicago police.
Actor Jussie Smollett's Conviction Overturned for Alleged Hate Crime Hoax
Smollett had been accused of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack on himself in downtown Chicago in 2019.
Read Illinois Supreme Court's decision to overturn Jussie Smollett conviction
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 Chicago.
Jussie Smollett’s conviction overturned in alleged hate-crime hoax: How we got here and what’s next
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,
Jussie Smollett's conviction in false crime case overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
Actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019 and lied to police was overturned Thursday over prosecutorial issues in an Illinois Supreme Court decision that did not address his claim of innocence.
Jussie Smollett conviction overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction was overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday. The actor had been convicted of five felony counts in December 2021.
Why Jussie Smollett’s conviction was overturned
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges that he falsely reported to Chicago police officers that he was the victim of a hate crime.
Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime hoax overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
The conviction against actor Jussie Smollett in a case that accused him of falsely reporting a hate crime to Chicago police in 2019 has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court over prosecutorial issues.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Jussie Smollett 'ecstatic' as hoax conviction is overturned
The 42-year-old Empire actor alleged that he was attacked by two men in January 2019 - but his claim fell apart when the alleged attackers in turn claimed that the actor had hired them to stage the attack.
Jussie Smollett's attorney says actor was 'harmed substantially' by conviction
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.
Brothers who helped Jussie Smollett stage hate crime hoax say actor got ‘sweetheart deal,’ call on him to admit guilt
The real injustice here was the sweetheart deal that [Smollett] was given by Kim Foxx’s office at the beginning of all of ...
Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime attack hoax overturned by Illinois Supreme Court
The state’s high court ruled that Smollett had been charged after entering into a nonprosecution agreement with the Cook ...
OPINION: Jussie Smollett, the Chicago Way, and MAGA
Justice is denied by the corrupt blue state powerbrokersIn his epic poem “Chicago,” Carl Sandburg popularized the moniker of ...