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 Jussie Smollett's 2021 conviction, saying prosecutors had no right to retry him.

Fox News’ Chanley Painter details the overturned conviction despite the prosecution maintaining that Smollett orchestrated a fake hate crime.

The Osundairo brothers, Abel and Ola, have broken their silence after Jussie Smollett's hoax conviction was overturned

"The real injustice here was the sweetheart deal that [Smollett] was given by Kim Foxx's office at the beginning of all of this," Olabinjo said.

The special prosecutor in the Jussie Smollett hoax case has condemned the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to overturn his conviction.