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The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned the conviction against Jussie Smollett for falsely reporting a hate crime to police.
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.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the actor shouldn't have been prosecuted a second time for falsely reporting a hate crime.
Out Magazine - 2 hours 8 min agoOut actor and singer Jussie Smollett has had his conviction dropped in a 2019 incident where he was charged with staging a racist and homophobic hate crime against himself.
NME - 2 hours 32 min agoThe former 'Empire' actor claimed he was the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime in 2019 The post Jussie Smollett’s conviction for falsely reporting hate crime overturned by court appeared first on NME .
He's out of jail permanently.
Empire actor Smollett said he was walking home when two men started hurling racist and homophobic abuses at him in 2019...
Jussie Smollett's legal battle has reached a turning point. Five years after the Empire actor was accused of falsely reporting a hate crime for which he was sentenced to 150 daysin jail in...
Pitchfork - 3 hours 10 min agoSmollett should not have been tried a second time after the initial charges were resolved in a negotiated agreement, the court decided...
Smollett, who is black and gay, was accused of lying about being the victim of a racial attack in Chicago.
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled to overturn Jussie Smollett's 2021 hoax conviction. The "Empire" star was convicted for his role in allegedly staging a hate crime against himself in 2019. According to Deadline , the court felt a special prosecutor's decision to retry the case was unjust. Initially, Smollett received a non-prosecution agreement with the state that required him to perform community service and forfeit his $10,000 bail bond. All charges against him were dropped...
Court says new charges for hate-crime hoax shouldn't have been filed after original charges were dropped The Illinois supreme court overturned the conviction of former Empire star Jussie Smollett on Thursday, saying that prosecutors had unlawfully refiled charges against him after entering into an agreement to drop them. Smollett was convicted of five counts of disorderly conduct in December 2021 after he was charged for lying about a 2019 attack in Chicago by two men who yelled homophobic slurs...
Buzz Feed - 3 hours 54 min agoThe Illinois Supreme Court's Thursday ruling is the latest update in the high-profile case. View Entire Post ›...
The Undefeated - 4 hours 46 sec agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned 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. The state's highest court ruled that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the Cook County state's attorney initially […]...
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned actor Jussie Smollett's conviction Thursday on charges that he staged an attack against himself in Chicago in 2019 and then lied about it. Smollett appealed his conviction, arguing a special prosecutor in Cook County should not have intervened after his charges were initially dropped. The actor, who is Black and...
Smollett had been accused of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack on himself in downtown Chicago in 2019.
Advocate - 4 hours 21 min agoThe Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett 's conviction on charges of staging a hate crime and lying to police, bringing a new chapter to a case that had sparked intense national debate.
Consequence of Sound - 4 hours 23 min agoThe court cited a due process violation as their reasoning. Illinois Supreme Court Overturns Jussie Smollett’s Conviction Jonah Krueger...
US Weekly - 4 hours 24 min agoJussie Smollett Jussie Smollett 's conviction has been overturned. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of Smollett's appeal on Thursday, November 21, according to the Associated Press . "Today we resolve a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants," Justice Elizabeth Rochford wrote in the ruling. "Specifically, we address whether a dismissal of a case by nolle prosequi allows the State to bring a second prosecution...
Rolling Stone - 4 hours 26 min agoThe Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a special prosecutor's case against the actor shouldn't have gone forward because of a previous no-prosecution agreement...
ABC News - 4 hours 30 min agoThe Illinois Supreme Court has thrown out former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for lying about a 2019 hate crime.
Jussie Smollett during a court appearance in 2019. The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned his conviction on charges of filing a false police report.
Jussie Smollett was found guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct in 2021 after prosecutors said he lied in a police report.
" Empire " star Jussie Smollett 's 2021 conviction on charges that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself and lied to police, has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court.
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