The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it.
The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett 's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it. The court will review a December state appellate court ruling that upheld his 2021 conviction by a Cook County jury. The case kicked up an international uproar and produced an intensive manhunt by Chicago police detectives.
Justice Freddrenna Lyle dissented, calling the refiled charges "fundamentally unfair."His attorneys have argued that Smollett, who is Black and gay, has been victimized by a racist and politicized justice system.Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for setting up the attack in which he claimed two men assaulted him on a Chicago street.
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