Megan Crepeau

Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Jussie Smollett walks out of Cook County Jail after court orders his release pending appeal of conviction, 150-day sentence

March 16, 2022 at 11:10 p.m.

Just less than a week into his 150-day sentence, Jussie Smollett walked out of Cook County Jail on Wednesday evening in silence, guarded tightly by supporters who escorted the actor...

The 43rd Street CTA Green Line station is seen on June 18, 2021. It was the site of a fatal 2013 beating of Sanchez Mixon.

CTA murder case that included two trials and once saw the defendant represented by his brother ends with 25-year prison sentence

March 16, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.

Nine years and a long series of legal twists after Sanchez Mixon was killed on a CTA Green Line platform, the man convicted of murder in his fatal beating was...

Veronica Alvarez, center, the mother of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez, is comforted by supporters on April 27, 2021, after watching video of her son's fatal shooting.

Prosecutors decline to charge Chicago police officers in shootings of Adam Toledo, 13, and Anthony Alvarez, 22

March 16, 2022 at 8:11 a.m.

Almost a year after 13-year-old Adam Toledo was killed by a Chicago police officer in a Little Village alley, sparking shock and grief around the country, Cook County State's Attorney...

Jussie Smollett’s lawyers argue for actor’s release pending appeal, as brother says he’s in a jail ‘psych ward’

March 14, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

Jussie Smollett's attorneys want a state appellate court to release the actor from jail while his appeal is pending, according to recent court filings arguing that Smollett's time in custody...

Jussie Smollett’s lawyers request protective custody for actor in jail, as he starts sentence in same division that once housed R. Kelly

March 11, 2022 at 3:07 p.m.

Thursday evening, his right fist raised in defiance, Jussie Smollett walked out of Judge James Linn's courtroom and into a monthslong stretch of Cook County custody. While Linn sentenced the...

Kim Foxx says jail sentence for Jussie Smollett might feel ‘like revenge’ as she stands by her office’s early handling of case

March 11, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.

Staunchly defending her office's handing of the Jussie Smollett case, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said in an exclusive interview with the Tribune late Thursday that the 150-day jail...

‘I am not suicidal!’ Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in Cook County Jail beginning immediately, shouts as he is led from court

March 11, 2022 at 6:56 p.m.

Shortly after being ordered into custody to begin serving 150 days in jail on Thursday, actor Jussie Smollett finally started to speak. He was innocent, he said. He was not...

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