‘Empire’ Actor Jussie Smollett Fails to Get Jail Sentence Overturned in Hate Crime Hoax

On Friday, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett lost an appeal to have his sentence and conviction overturned for falsely reporting a hate crime to Illinois police in 2019. The Chicago Tribune reported that the appeals court ruled 2-1 that the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office’s decision to drop all charges did not qualify as a non-prosecution …