Overview

• The Illinois Supreme Court dismissed Jussie Smollett's criminal convictions, citing a prior non-prosecution agreement with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
• The court determined that retrying Smollett after the initial case dismissal constituted a violation of his due process rights.
• Special prosecutor Dan K. Webb criticized the decision as unprecedented but acknowledged it was based on legal technicalities rather than the hoax allegations themselves.
• In a separate case, the court ruled that a defamation lawsuit filed by Mauro Glorioso, a former Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board chair, against the Chicago Sun-Times can move forward.
• The Sun-Times had sought to dismiss the lawsuit under the state's Citizen Participation Act, but the court found the law did not apply to the newspaper’s reporting in this instance.