Illinois Supreme Court will hear appeal over Jussie Smollett's fake hate crime conviction

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Illinois Supreme Court will hear appeal over Jussie Smollett's fake hate crime conviction

The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the legal team representing Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor who was convicted in 2021 on five counts of disorderly conduct after staging an assault and hate crime for publicity. Smollett’s team is arguing that the actor’s conviction should be thrown out, claiming the conviction amounts to double jeopardy because the former actor had previously accepted a deal to surrender a $10,…