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Smollett drops new song declaring his innocence while he fights his conviction

“It’s like they’re hell-bent on not solving the crime” the former Empire actor sings on the track, which he posted to Instagram while he is free during his appeal.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 12, 2022

Questions remain as resentencing initiative championed by Kim Foxx is slow out of the gate in Cook County

Cook County prosecutors’ new effort to reduce sentences for some longtime inmates — hailed by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and other reform advocates as a way to right the wrongs of the tough-on-crime era — will have an uphill climb before some judges, if its first week in court is…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 25, 2022