The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Jussie Smollett, the former “Empire” actor whose convictions for staging a hate crime caused fevered international media attention. This means that the case, which has continued as Smollett fights his convictions, will carry on a little longer. A lower appellate court affirmed his convictions […]
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Jussie Smollett asks court to hear appeal against hate crime lies convictions
Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lied about it to Chicago police. His petition, filed on Monday, asks the state’s highest court to hear the case two months after an […]