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Illinois Supreme Court overturns Jussie Smollett conviction in hate crime hoax case

By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction, ruling that his second prosecution for filing a false police report violated his constitutional rights. The court determined that Smollett was unjustly prosecuted after an earlier agreement with state prosecutors had resolved the charges. In January 2019, […]

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