Matthew Hendrickson

During the actor's trial, special prosecutors accused Smollett of staging the attack for publicity because he was unhappy with his salary for his role on the hit television show “Empire” and was attempting to launch a music career.

“The fees were unreasonable for a variety of reasons, including the results actually obtained by the Firm,” the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission wrote in a petition to the Supreme Court to discipline Leving.

Menelik Jackson, 29, took the stand and admitted to firing a handgun seconds after walking up to Officer John Rivera’s car early in the morning on March 23, 2019. It took jurors less than an hour to convict him Tuesday.

George Miller faces a count of conspiracy to defraud in a superseding indictment filed Wednesday in federal court in Chicago.

The appellate justices said “any reasonable review” of the case showed that Kevin Jackson’s conviction was flawed. Jackson spent more than two decades behind bars.

In an exit interview with the Sun-Times, the controversial prosecutor discussed her future plans, belief she could have won a third term, and opinion that she’s faced unfair criticism for her treatment of cops and handling of the Jussie Smollett case.

Kemari Johnson, 18, had been held at the jail for a week before the weapon was found early Wednesday while he was being processed for release on GPS monitoring. Johnson was charged with a felony count of possessing a firearm in a penal institution.

More than 1,500 people are in the program, including more than 100 facing charges of murder or attempted murder. Dart is negotiating with Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans to handle all of the county's electronic monitoring cases after April 1.

Civil rights lawyer Jennifer Bonjean told Judge Carol Howard she believed State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke was trying “to signal there is a new sheriff in town” to defense attorneys representing clients who claim they were wrongly convicted because of police misconduct.

Attorneys for Tyrece Williams celebrated the decision, but also urged Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to stop fighting wrongful conviction cases tied to former Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.