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,

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett's conviction for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself in Chicago in 2019.The state's highest court did not weigh in on the merits of the case against Smollett,

The Illinois Supreme Court said the actor was unjustly prosecuted after a special prosecutor reopened the case against him.

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the actor's conviction in connection with a 2019 hate crime he was found to have staged against himself.

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.

The court overturned the case based on the procedural issue of a due process violation during the years of high-profile legal wrangling.

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

The brothers who have admitted to helping actor Jussie Smollett stage a hoax for media attention, responded to a recent decision in the actor's case on Fox News.