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 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.

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,

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 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.

The two brothers who admitted to helping actor Jussie Smollett stage the actor’s 2019 assault declared the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the actor’s conviction is a “real injustice.” “We were taken aback initially,

Smollett had been accused of orchestrating a racist and homophobic attack on himself in downtown Chicago in 2019.

Abimbola 'Bola' and Olabinjo 'Ola' Osundairo, who admitted to helping Jussie Smollett with his hoax attack, share their reaction to the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to reverse his conviction.

Illinois' Supreme Court said it faced "a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants." Due process was violated, the court said.