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(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="2" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx wipes a tear after..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-kim-foxx-budget-hearing-47.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-kim-foxx-budget-hearing-47.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-kim-foxx-budget-hearing-47.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-kim-foxx-budget-hearing-47.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-kim-foxx-budget-hearing-47.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-kim-foxx-budget-hearing-47.jpg?w=1860 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx wipes a tear after Cook County Commissioner Michael Scott Jr. spoke about her term during her final budget hearing in the Cook County Board room on Oct. 31, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="3" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx hugs Chicago police Superintendent..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-Jayden-Perkins-CPD-18.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-Jayden-Perkins-CPD-18.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-Jayden-Perkins-CPD-18.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-Jayden-Perkins-CPD-18.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-Jayden-Perkins-CPD-18.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CTC-L-Jayden-Perkins-CPD-18.jpg?w=1860 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx hugs Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling after speaking together during a press conference where charges were announced in connection to the fatal stabbing of Jayden Perkins, 11, on March 15, 2024. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="4" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx walks through the lobby..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CTC-L-Kim-Foxx.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CTC-L-Kim-Foxx.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CTC-L-Kim-Foxx.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CTC-L-Kim-Foxx.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CTC-L-Kim-Foxx.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CTC-L-Kim-Foxx.jpg?w=1860 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx walks through the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building on March 5, 2024. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="5" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx addresses the Chicago City..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/JBDN6IIMAZC6DLOO2J3KUJ3LVA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/JBDN6IIMAZC6DLOO2J3KUJ3LVA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/JBDN6IIMAZC6DLOO2J3KUJ3LVA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/JBDN6IIMAZC6DLOO2J3KUJ3LVA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/JBDN6IIMAZC6DLOO2J3KUJ3LVA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/JBDN6IIMAZC6DLOO2J3KUJ3LVA.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Shanna Madison/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx addresses the Chicago City Club at Maggiano's Banquets on April 25, 2023. In her speech, Foxx announced she will not run for reelection next year.</p></div></li><li data-index="6" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks during a press..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2AX3NYF6ANBRDHDUMKSDMIHD7I.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2AX3NYF6ANBRDHDUMKSDMIHD7I.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2AX3NYF6ANBRDHDUMKSDMIHD7I.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2AX3NYF6ANBRDHDUMKSDMIHD7I.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2AX3NYF6ANBRDHDUMKSDMIHD7I.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2AX3NYF6ANBRDHDUMKSDMIHD7I.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks during a press conference to mark the end of money bond outside of the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="7" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx poses in her office..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-foxx-3.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-foxx-3.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-foxx-3.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-foxx-3.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-foxx-3.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-foxx-3.jpg?w=1860 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx poses in her office in Chicago's Loop on Nov. 12, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="8" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks, as County officials..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NGQO33D6KZDTZGZYVYWFPGFMCE.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NGQO33D6KZDTZGZYVYWFPGFMCE.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NGQO33D6KZDTZGZYVYWFPGFMCE.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NGQO33D6KZDTZGZYVYWFPGFMCE.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NGQO33D6KZDTZGZYVYWFPGFMCE.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NGQO33D6KZDTZGZYVYWFPGFMCE.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks, as County officials speak on bond reform during a panel discussion at Loyola University in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Bond reform is scheduled to take effect on September 18, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="9" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Colette Payne, director at the Women's Justice Institute Reclamation Project,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RYWIFPANKNBCPGNW24FT2QLBW4.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RYWIFPANKNBCPGNW24FT2QLBW4.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RYWIFPANKNBCPGNW24FT2QLBW4.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RYWIFPANKNBCPGNW24FT2QLBW4.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RYWIFPANKNBCPGNW24FT2QLBW4.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RYWIFPANKNBCPGNW24FT2QLBW4.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Colette Payne, director at the Women's Justice Institute Reclamation Project, embraces Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx after they did a reading of Payne's work together Thursday, July 13, 2023, during the Netroots Nation progressive conference at the Hilton Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="10" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="(LtoR) Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, Judge Mary Marubio,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GEJOYG2YIVED7E36HZJOMGLAFA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GEJOYG2YIVED7E36HZJOMGLAFA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GEJOYG2YIVED7E36HZJOMGLAFA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GEJOYG2YIVED7E36HZJOMGLAFA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GEJOYG2YIVED7E36HZJOMGLAFA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GEJOYG2YIVED7E36HZJOMGLAFA.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">(LtoR) Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, Judge Mary Marubio, Cara Smith, Chief Judge Clint Hull, and Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. prepare to speak, )as County officials speak on bond reform during a panel discussion at Loyola University in Chicago, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Bond reform is scheduled to take effect on September 18, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="11" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx addresses the Chicago City..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RPDMIPNI65G7HF5TWH3RSFKUUU.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RPDMIPNI65G7HF5TWH3RSFKUUU.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RPDMIPNI65G7HF5TWH3RSFKUUU.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RPDMIPNI65G7HF5TWH3RSFKUUU.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RPDMIPNI65G7HF5TWH3RSFKUUU.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RPDMIPNI65G7HF5TWH3RSFKUUU.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Shanna Madison / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx addresses the Chicago City Club at Maggiano's Banquets on April 25, 2023. In her speech, Foxx announced she will not run for reelection next year.</p></div></li><li data-index="12" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, center, at the Brandon..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/CLLYZWHYWBE4XHNYLYD44IIYEI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/CLLYZWHYWBE4XHNYLYD44IIYEI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/CLLYZWHYWBE4XHNYLYD44IIYEI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/CLLYZWHYWBE4XHNYLYD44IIYEI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/CLLYZWHYWBE4XHNYLYD44IIYEI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/CLLYZWHYWBE4XHNYLYD44IIYEI.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, center, at the Brandon Johnson victory party on April 4, 2023, at the Marriott Marquis Chicago hotel.</p></div></li><li data-index="13" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx receives a hug ahead..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/DQRA5IZXIZCYJDYYF5UMZ4SIM4.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/DQRA5IZXIZCYJDYYF5UMZ4SIM4.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/DQRA5IZXIZCYJDYYF5UMZ4SIM4.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/DQRA5IZXIZCYJDYYF5UMZ4SIM4.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/DQRA5IZXIZCYJDYYF5UMZ4SIM4.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/DQRA5IZXIZCYJDYYF5UMZ4SIM4.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Shanna Madison / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx receives a hug ahead of her address at the Chicago City Club at Maggiano's Banquets on April 25, 2023. Foxx announced she would not seek reelection in 2024.</p></div></li><li data-index="14" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Aug. 9, 2022." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SRM4BVHNRZFBXOBJB2DORGNK6Y.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SRM4BVHNRZFBXOBJB2DORGNK6Y.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SRM4BVHNRZFBXOBJB2DORGNK6Y.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SRM4BVHNRZFBXOBJB2DORGNK6Y.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SRM4BVHNRZFBXOBJB2DORGNK6Y.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SRM4BVHNRZFBXOBJB2DORGNK6Y.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Aug. 9, 2022.</p></div></li><li data-index="15" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx departs a press conference..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/WN2SBRMJIFHSHEF7IP4DC4P7PU.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/WN2SBRMJIFHSHEF7IP4DC4P7PU.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/WN2SBRMJIFHSHEF7IP4DC4P7PU.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/WN2SBRMJIFHSHEF7IP4DC4P7PU.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/WN2SBRMJIFHSHEF7IP4DC4P7PU.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/WN2SBRMJIFHSHEF7IP4DC4P7PU.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx departs a press conference March 15, 2022, after announcing that no charges would be filed in the shooting deaths by Chicago police of Adam Toledo or Anthony Alvarez.</p></div></li><li data-index="16" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-15" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx at the Zhou B..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/VCVEFWWULBFEBKSCWXSVWMJS7A.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/VCVEFWWULBFEBKSCWXSVWMJS7A.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/VCVEFWWULBFEBKSCWXSVWMJS7A.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/VCVEFWWULBFEBKSCWXSVWMJS7A.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/VCVEFWWULBFEBKSCWXSVWMJS7A.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/VCVEFWWULBFEBKSCWXSVWMJS7A.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx at the Zhou B Arts Center, March 10, 2022, in Chicago.</p></div></li><li data-index="17" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-16" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx waves at the Bud..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2S4ELY3K4RBBDHGPCDUZ5PRL34.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2S4ELY3K4RBBDHGPCDUZ5PRL34.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2S4ELY3K4RBBDHGPCDUZ5PRL34.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2S4ELY3K4RBBDHGPCDUZ5PRL34.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2S4ELY3K4RBBDHGPCDUZ5PRL34.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/2S4ELY3K4RBBDHGPCDUZ5PRL34.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Vashon Jordan Jr. / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx waves at the Bud Billiken Parade in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on Aug. 14, 2021.</p></div></li><li data-index="18" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-17" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks by video before..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/E3YI7NDNYRHITI24NMXBI3JTZE.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/E3YI7NDNYRHITI24NMXBI3JTZE.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/E3YI7NDNYRHITI24NMXBI3JTZE.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/E3YI7NDNYRHITI24NMXBI3JTZE.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/E3YI7NDNYRHITI24NMXBI3JTZE.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/E3YI7NDNYRHITI24NMXBI3JTZE.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks by video before Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed HB 3653, a sweeping criminal justice and police reform bill, on Feb. 22, 2021, at Chicago State University.</p></div></li><li data-index="19" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-18" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx raises two fingers to..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UBF2FPK6UZGC3K7VJH4HQ67AHM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UBF2FPK6UZGC3K7VJH4HQ67AHM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UBF2FPK6UZGC3K7VJH4HQ67AHM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UBF2FPK6UZGC3K7VJH4HQ67AHM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UBF2FPK6UZGC3K7VJH4HQ67AHM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UBF2FPK6UZGC3K7VJH4HQ67AHM.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx raises two fingers to symbolize a second term while exiting after giving a victory speech at her election night headquarters in the Kinzie Hotel, Nov. 3, 2020, in Chicago.</p></div></li><li data-index="20" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-19" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Gov. J.B. Pritzker..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RFE6Q4WJZBFHDGKHHNNN6JCTHI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RFE6Q4WJZBFHDGKHHNNN6JCTHI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RFE6Q4WJZBFHDGKHHNNN6JCTHI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RFE6Q4WJZBFHDGKHHNNN6JCTHI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RFE6Q4WJZBFHDGKHHNNN6JCTHI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RFE6Q4WJZBFHDGKHHNNN6JCTHI.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020.</p></div></li><li data-index="21" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-20" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks Aug. 10, 2020,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/AOBNL5FNXNDPBAZIIOWQTK4WHM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/AOBNL5FNXNDPBAZIIOWQTK4WHM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/AOBNL5FNXNDPBAZIIOWQTK4WHM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/AOBNL5FNXNDPBAZIIOWQTK4WHM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/AOBNL5FNXNDPBAZIIOWQTK4WHM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/AOBNL5FNXNDPBAZIIOWQTK4WHM.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks Aug. 10, 2020, after overnight looting in Chicago's Loop and other neighborhoods.</p></div></li><li data-index="22" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-21" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx and husband Kelley Foxx hold up their "I..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RKIWPSXIMZBENDQPII7CI2CYDA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RKIWPSXIMZBENDQPII7CI2CYDA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RKIWPSXIMZBENDQPII7CI2CYDA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RKIWPSXIMZBENDQPII7CI2CYDA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RKIWPSXIMZBENDQPII7CI2CYDA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RKIWPSXIMZBENDQPII7CI2CYDA.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx and husband Kelley Foxx hold up their "I voted" stickers for a selfie, after voting early at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Oct. 22, 2020.</p></div></li><li data-index="23" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-22" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx on June 4, 2020, during an event in..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/X3LL5G5R4JDVRCGV5T6QHWQ6GQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/X3LL5G5R4JDVRCGV5T6QHWQ6GQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/X3LL5G5R4JDVRCGV5T6QHWQ6GQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/X3LL5G5R4JDVRCGV5T6QHWQ6GQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/X3LL5G5R4JDVRCGV5T6QHWQ6GQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/X3LL5G5R4JDVRCGV5T6QHWQ6GQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx on June 4, 2020, during an event in the Austin neighborhood.</p></div></li><li data-index="24" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-23" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx at a primary election..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PBW76JGCWFFIHDBAQ2L2L6NRSY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PBW76JGCWFFIHDBAQ2L2L6NRSY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PBW76JGCWFFIHDBAQ2L2L6NRSY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PBW76JGCWFFIHDBAQ2L2L6NRSY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PBW76JGCWFFIHDBAQ2L2L6NRSY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PBW76JGCWFFIHDBAQ2L2L6NRSY.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx at a primary election night gathering attended by staff, family and reporters at Hotel Essex, March 17, 2020 in Chicago. The event was closed to the public due to the coronavirus.</p></div></li><li data-index="25" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-24" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State s Attorney Kim Foxx, second from left,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/OLTBJEB66BF3ROK2XZEFRSVZ5E.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/OLTBJEB66BF3ROK2XZEFRSVZ5E.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/OLTBJEB66BF3ROK2XZEFRSVZ5E.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/OLTBJEB66BF3ROK2XZEFRSVZ5E.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/OLTBJEB66BF3ROK2XZEFRSVZ5E.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/OLTBJEB66BF3ROK2XZEFRSVZ5E.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Raquel Zaldivar / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State s Attorney Kim Foxx, second from left, speaks with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board on Jan. 27, 2020. Her challengers were Bob Fioretti, from left, Donna More and Bill Conway.</p></div></li><li data-index="26" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-25" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="State's Attorney Kim Foxx attends a news conference after filing..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/ELECAGWLTZBW5PVEBHPTHVMMTY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/ELECAGWLTZBW5PVEBHPTHVMMTY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/ELECAGWLTZBW5PVEBHPTHVMMTY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/ELECAGWLTZBW5PVEBHPTHVMMTY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/ELECAGWLTZBW5PVEBHPTHVMMTY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/ELECAGWLTZBW5PVEBHPTHVMMTY.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">State's Attorney Kim Foxx attends a news conference after filing the first motions to clear cannabis convictions, in the lobby of Leighton Criminal Court Building, Dec. 11, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="27" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-26" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx arrives Aug. 27, 2019,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/5T76GMT3RZG2JBQVNKKDQTYH2E.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/5T76GMT3RZG2JBQVNKKDQTYH2E.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/5T76GMT3RZG2JBQVNKKDQTYH2E.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/5T76GMT3RZG2JBQVNKKDQTYH2E.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/5T76GMT3RZG2JBQVNKKDQTYH2E.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/5T76GMT3RZG2JBQVNKKDQTYH2E.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx arrives Aug. 27, 2019, to announce a partnership to automatically clear convictions of thousands of eligible cannabis convictions.</p></div></li><li data-index="28" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-27" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Santita Jackson, above, hugs Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GOO3HMCM6BHT7M5ZXBMQRN5GLA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GOO3HMCM6BHT7M5ZXBMQRN5GLA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GOO3HMCM6BHT7M5ZXBMQRN5GLA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GOO3HMCM6BHT7M5ZXBMQRN5GLA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GOO3HMCM6BHT7M5ZXBMQRN5GLA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/GOO3HMCM6BHT7M5ZXBMQRN5GLA.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Santita Jackson, above, hugs Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx as supporters pray for Foxx before a news conference on April 6, 2019, at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters.</p></div></li><li data-index="29" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-28" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="A woman supports Kim Foxx as members of the Fraternal..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/J7RBYQUNNFEZVFNXUP5RWP23ZI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/J7RBYQUNNFEZVFNXUP5RWP23ZI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/J7RBYQUNNFEZVFNXUP5RWP23ZI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/J7RBYQUNNFEZVFNXUP5RWP23ZI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/J7RBYQUNNFEZVFNXUP5RWP23ZI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/J7RBYQUNNFEZVFNXUP5RWP23ZI.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">A woman supports Kim Foxx as members of the Fraternal Order of Police and their supporters clash with counter protesters and pro-Foxx supporters in Chicago, April 1, 2019. Fraternal Order of Police members were calling on Kim Foxx to resign after her office dismissed charges against actor Jussie Smollett.</p></div></li><li data-index="30" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-29" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx talks about alleged victims..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4ELUB7QLGJAK7MXX7SVJJ5WHDY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4ELUB7QLGJAK7MXX7SVJJ5WHDY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4ELUB7QLGJAK7MXX7SVJJ5WHDY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4ELUB7QLGJAK7MXX7SVJJ5WHDY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4ELUB7QLGJAK7MXX7SVJJ5WHDY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4ELUB7QLGJAK7MXX7SVJJ5WHDY.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx talks about alleged victims of R. Kelly, after his bond hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Feb. 23, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="31" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-30" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks during lunch at..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/N3DA2UZBIBE3LFXJEFAUQ3AGEM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/N3DA2UZBIBE3LFXJEFAUQ3AGEM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/N3DA2UZBIBE3LFXJEFAUQ3AGEM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/N3DA2UZBIBE3LFXJEFAUQ3AGEM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/N3DA2UZBIBE3LFXJEFAUQ3AGEM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/N3DA2UZBIBE3LFXJEFAUQ3AGEM.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks during lunch at City Club of Chicago, Jan. 24, 2019. She announced her support for legalizing marijuana in Illinois and plans to help expunge misdemeanor marijuana convictions.</p></div></li><li data-index="32" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-31" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx arrives to talk about..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/27SAP37OTBBQXKH7M7VQOOUK6U.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/27SAP37OTBBQXKH7M7VQOOUK6U.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/27SAP37OTBBQXKH7M7VQOOUK6U.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/27SAP37OTBBQXKH7M7VQOOUK6U.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/27SAP37OTBBQXKH7M7VQOOUK6U.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/27SAP37OTBBQXKH7M7VQOOUK6U.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx arrives to talk about the R. Kelly allegations, Jan. 8, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="33" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-32" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx approaches microphones to speak..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/P2XFJFBTX5DX5FKUJBXHSJ4XDY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/P2XFJFBTX5DX5FKUJBXHSJ4XDY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/P2XFJFBTX5DX5FKUJBXHSJ4XDY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/P2XFJFBTX5DX5FKUJBXHSJ4XDY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/P2XFJFBTX5DX5FKUJBXHSJ4XDY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/P2XFJFBTX5DX5FKUJBXHSJ4XDY.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx approaches microphones to speak regarding the move to vacate and dismiss drug charges against 18 men at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Sept. 24, 2018. The 18 men were framed by disgraced former Chicago police Sergeant Ronald Watts and members of his tactical team.</p></div></li><li data-index="34" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-33" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx appears before closings in..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/QOW34QYEQVCUJMUNTA5I6U4LEQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/QOW34QYEQVCUJMUNTA5I6U4LEQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/QOW34QYEQVCUJMUNTA5I6U4LEQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/QOW34QYEQVCUJMUNTA5I6U4LEQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/QOW34QYEQVCUJMUNTA5I6U4LEQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/QOW34QYEQVCUJMUNTA5I6U4LEQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx appears before closings in the Micheail Ward case during the trial for the fatal shooting of Hadiya Pendleton at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Aug. 23, 2018.</p></div></li><li data-index="35" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-34" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks following six guilty..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/KP2CHZNNBVDTXJA4MEEZ2QXTRQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/KP2CHZNNBVDTXJA4MEEZ2QXTRQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/KP2CHZNNBVDTXJA4MEEZ2QXTRQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/KP2CHZNNBVDTXJA4MEEZ2QXTRQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/KP2CHZNNBVDTXJA4MEEZ2QXTRQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/KP2CHZNNBVDTXJA4MEEZ2QXTRQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx speaks following six guilty verdicts in the Black Souls gang trial at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Dec. 2, 2017.</p></div></li><li data-index="36" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-35" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx, the new Cook County state's attorney, in her..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/6NYSM43LPVGGVC3HSZCTWIGIOI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/6NYSM43LPVGGVC3HSZCTWIGIOI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/6NYSM43LPVGGVC3HSZCTWIGIOI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/6NYSM43LPVGGVC3HSZCTWIGIOI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/6NYSM43LPVGGVC3HSZCTWIGIOI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/6NYSM43LPVGGVC3HSZCTWIGIOI.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx, the new Cook County state's attorney, in her Chicago office on Dec. 5, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="37" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-36" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx greets police Superintendent Eddie Johnson at her swearing-in..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NXWTANI33NFMJHTE5GAZXVYB3I.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NXWTANI33NFMJHTE5GAZXVYB3I.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NXWTANI33NFMJHTE5GAZXVYB3I.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NXWTANI33NFMJHTE5GAZXVYB3I.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NXWTANI33NFMJHTE5GAZXVYB3I.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/NXWTANI33NFMJHTE5GAZXVYB3I.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx greets police Superintendent Eddie Johnson at her swearing-in ceremony as the new Cook County state's attorney in Chicago on Dec. 1, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="38" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-37" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx celebrates her victory in the Cook County state's..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/K6RWL2WGCJBRJIRCAGXHP3UNZI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/K6RWL2WGCJBRJIRCAGXHP3UNZI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/K6RWL2WGCJBRJIRCAGXHP3UNZI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/K6RWL2WGCJBRJIRCAGXHP3UNZI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/K6RWL2WGCJBRJIRCAGXHP3UNZI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/K6RWL2WGCJBRJIRCAGXHP3UNZI.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx celebrates her victory in the Cook County state's attorney race Nov. 8, 2016, with daughters Kendall, center, and Kai at her side at Moe's Cantina in Chicago.</p></div></li><li data-index="39" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-38" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, arrives for..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/HFKG4CFBFFCY5EGJVQCYUO7RCE.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/HFKG4CFBFFCY5EGJVQCYUO7RCE.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/HFKG4CFBFFCY5EGJVQCYUO7RCE.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/HFKG4CFBFFCY5EGJVQCYUO7RCE.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/HFKG4CFBFFCY5EGJVQCYUO7RCE.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/HFKG4CFBFFCY5EGJVQCYUO7RCE.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, arrives for lunch with Tammy Duckworth, left, then-candidate for the U.S. senator, Susana Mendoza, then-candidate for comptroller and Sen. Dick Durbin at Manny's Cafeteria in Chicago on Nov. 8, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="40" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-39" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx celebrates winning the Democratic nomination for Cook County..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EZESDCMNY5HYXP4OE3B6QR5Z2E.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EZESDCMNY5HYXP4OE3B6QR5Z2E.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EZESDCMNY5HYXP4OE3B6QR5Z2E.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EZESDCMNY5HYXP4OE3B6QR5Z2E.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EZESDCMNY5HYXP4OE3B6QR5Z2E.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EZESDCMNY5HYXP4OE3B6QR5Z2E.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx celebrates winning the Democratic nomination for Cook County state's attorney on March 15, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="41" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-40" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx, candidate in the primary race for Cook County..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SCWA5VOFRBCZPCD2LYVMDNPLBY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SCWA5VOFRBCZPCD2LYVMDNPLBY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SCWA5VOFRBCZPCD2LYVMDNPLBY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SCWA5VOFRBCZPCD2LYVMDNPLBY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SCWA5VOFRBCZPCD2LYVMDNPLBY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/SCWA5VOFRBCZPCD2LYVMDNPLBY.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx, candidate in the primary race for Cook County state's attorney greets commuters at Millennium Station in Chicago on March 4, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="42" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-41" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="A crowd of Kim Foxx supporters cheers at the Holiday..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4LHUDEGF4ZBD3O4I4NELXSZNSQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4LHUDEGF4ZBD3O4I4NELXSZNSQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4LHUDEGF4ZBD3O4I4NELXSZNSQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4LHUDEGF4ZBD3O4I4NELXSZNSQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4LHUDEGF4ZBD3O4I4NELXSZNSQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/4LHUDEGF4ZBD3O4I4NELXSZNSQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">A crowd of Kim Foxx supporters cheers at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza in Chicago as Foxx celebrates winning her primary election night battle, March 15, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="43" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-42" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx, from left, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RNLXMNAUBBHLLEIKS7ORKK2FXU.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RNLXMNAUBBHLLEIKS7ORKK2FXU.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RNLXMNAUBBHLLEIKS7ORKK2FXU.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RNLXMNAUBBHLLEIKS7ORKK2FXU.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RNLXMNAUBBHLLEIKS7ORKK2FXU.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/RNLXMNAUBBHLLEIKS7ORKK2FXU.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx, from left, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Donna More wait March 10, 2016, at the WTTW Chicago Renee Crown Public Media Center before a debate of Democrats running for Cook County state's attorney.</p></div></li><li data-index="44" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-43" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, hugs a..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3PGJPGTTXRGLFNDCFXQ5FF3FD4.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3PGJPGTTXRGLFNDCFXQ5FF3FD4.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3PGJPGTTXRGLFNDCFXQ5FF3FD4.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3PGJPGTTXRGLFNDCFXQ5FF3FD4.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3PGJPGTTXRGLFNDCFXQ5FF3FD4.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3PGJPGTTXRGLFNDCFXQ5FF3FD4.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, hugs a supporter following an early-voting rally at the Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Feb. 29, 2016. Foxx supporters, from left in background are Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, state Rep. Will Guzzardi, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and City Treasurer Kurt Summers.</p></div></li><li data-index="45" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-44" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx smiles as she is congratulated by Tim Bradford,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EFSJ4KP53NEUNLSI7A3ECCZQCM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EFSJ4KP53NEUNLSI7A3ECCZQCM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EFSJ4KP53NEUNLSI7A3ECCZQCM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EFSJ4KP53NEUNLSI7A3ECCZQCM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EFSJ4KP53NEUNLSI7A3ECCZQCM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/EFSJ4KP53NEUNLSI7A3ECCZQCM.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx smiles as she is congratulated by Tim Bradford, first vice chairman of the Democratic Party, as Cook County Democrats meet in Chicago on Jan. 14, 2016. They were considering their endorsement for the Cook County state's attorney race, and they picked Kim Foxx as their candidate.</p></div></li><li data-index="46" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-45" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="State Rep. Will Guzzardi kisses Kim Foxx, candidate for Cook..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PESGUV3B3ZDRHP7Y5LGOQMJCBQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PESGUV3B3ZDRHP7Y5LGOQMJCBQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PESGUV3B3ZDRHP7Y5LGOQMJCBQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PESGUV3B3ZDRHP7Y5LGOQMJCBQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PESGUV3B3ZDRHP7Y5LGOQMJCBQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/PESGUV3B3ZDRHP7Y5LGOQMJCBQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">State Rep. Will Guzzardi kisses Kim Foxx, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, before she speaks at an early-voting rally at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Feb. 29, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="47" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-46" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Candidate Kim Foxx speaks with the media after the Cook..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/LUXX332TKJBINHR5F6LUWC4REE.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/LUXX332TKJBINHR5F6LUWC4REE.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/LUXX332TKJBINHR5F6LUWC4REE.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/LUXX332TKJBINHR5F6LUWC4REE.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/LUXX332TKJBINHR5F6LUWC4REE.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/LUXX332TKJBINHR5F6LUWC4REE.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Candidate Kim Foxx speaks with the media after the Cook County state's attorney debate at WLS-Ch. 7 on Feb. 26, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="48" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-47" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx, center, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, stands..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/G4PX5WI6MRD33N7IKQZGSK5B6Q.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/G4PX5WI6MRD33N7IKQZGSK5B6Q.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/G4PX5WI6MRD33N7IKQZGSK5B6Q.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/G4PX5WI6MRD33N7IKQZGSK5B6Q.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/G4PX5WI6MRD33N7IKQZGSK5B6Q.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/G4PX5WI6MRD33N7IKQZGSK5B6Q.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx, center, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, stands with City Treasurer Kurt Summers, left, and others before an early voting rally at Daley Plaza on Feb. 29, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="49" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-48" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Candidate Donna More stands outside the door as Kim Foxx..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3TYJ4X3B4VF5XIACTASGMM2YEM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3TYJ4X3B4VF5XIACTASGMM2YEM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3TYJ4X3B4VF5XIACTASGMM2YEM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3TYJ4X3B4VF5XIACTASGMM2YEM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3TYJ4X3B4VF5XIACTASGMM2YEM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/3TYJ4X3B4VF5XIACTASGMM2YEM.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Candidate Donna More stands outside the door as Kim Foxx emerges from her speech in front of the Cook County Democrats slating committee Jan. 14, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="50" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-49" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx, challenger to Anita Alvarez for Cook County state's..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UPDOPR5P55GBNFMF2BWBK277TM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UPDOPR5P55GBNFMF2BWBK277TM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UPDOPR5P55GBNFMF2BWBK277TM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UPDOPR5P55GBNFMF2BWBK277TM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UPDOPR5P55GBNFMF2BWBK277TM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/UPDOPR5P55GBNFMF2BWBK277TM.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx, challenger to Anita Alvarez for Cook County state's attorney Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.</p></div></li><li data-index="51" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-50" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Kim Foxx waits to talk to reporters after a Thanksgiving..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/63R4N64EKJBJJJYBJS54PZCCQ4.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/63R4N64EKJBJJJYBJS54PZCCQ4.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/63R4N64EKJBJJJYBJS54PZCCQ4.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/63R4N64EKJBJJJYBJS54PZCCQ4.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/63R4N64EKJBJJJYBJS54PZCCQ4.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/11/24/63R4N64EKJBJJJYBJS54PZCCQ4.jpg?w=1200 1860w" ><p class="slide-credit">John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Kim Foxx waits to talk to reporters after a Thanksgiving service at Sweet Holy Spirit Church on Nov. 26, 2015, in Chicago. During the service, Bishop Larry Trotter called for the firing of Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, in response to the video release of Laquan McDonald, who was fatally shot by police Officer Jason Van Dyke in 2014.</p></div></li></div></div><button id="mng-gallery-next" class="mng-gallery-next mng-gallery-arrow" aria-label="Next" type="button"></button></ul><div class="caption mng-gallery-information-container"><button class="caption-expand mng-gallery-caption-expand" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Show caption">Show Caption</button><div class="slideshow-credit mng-gallery-image-credit"></div><div class="slide-count"><span class="current mng-gallery-current-image-number-display">1</span> of <span class="total">51</span></div><p class="slideshow-caption mng-gallery-image-caption">Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx in her office in the Loop on Nov. 12, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)</p><a href="#" class="icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand" aria-label="Expand fullscreen slideshow"><span>Expand</span></a></div></div><div class="meta"><img class="avatar avatar-85 photo coauthor-avatar lazyload size-85x85" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/chicago-tribune-2.png?w=85" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/chicago-tribune-2.png?w=85 85w" alt=""><div class="coauthor-avatar-container"><div class="byline">By <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/the-editorial-board/" title="Posts by The Editorial Board" class=" author-name" rel="author">The Editorial Board</a> | Chicago Tribune</pre></div><div class="time">UPDATED: <time datetime="2024-11-22 08:28:27">November 22, 2024 at 8:28 AM CST</time></div></div></div></div><div class="article-body"><div class="body-copy"><div class="wp-remixd-voice-wrapper"><script type="text/javascript" id="remixd-audio-player-script" src="https://tags.remixd.com/player/v5/index.js?cb=%%CACHEBUSTER%%" charset="utf-8" async></script></div><p>What name does the Cook County state’s attorney least like to hear?<p>Easy. Jussie Smollett.</p><p>Kim Foxx hates to be linked to the television actor who everyone knows rigged up a phony racially charged attack on the streets of Chicago, all so he could get some publicity and negotiate for more money on the TV show, “Empire.” As Foxx has told us on several occasions, she views the massive media interest in the case as having been maddening, trivializing and even racist. She sees reporters as having constantly focused on the sweetheart deal Foxx arranged for the troubled star at the expense of focusing on what Foxx sees as her far more substantial achievements during her tenure.</p><p>Such is her hatred for the Smollett issue that she scared off most of the several journalists with whom she spoke as part of her exit media tour in recent days, not just declining to talk about the Smollett case in any detail but basically closing down the line of questioning. One of the strongest arguments in her favor when those interviews were conducted was that the Smollett case was old news, exhaustively covered in 2019 and in the months thereafter. Nothing new to say.</p><div class="s2nPlayer k-wQoDAMss" data-type="float" data-s2n-api="dfm_stn_player_script_id_wQoDAMss"></div><script> function dfm_stn_player_script_id_wQoDAMss( getS2NApiForPlayer ) { if( typeof window.MNGAuthentication !== 'undefined' ){ const s2nApi = getS2NApiForPlayer( document.querySelector('.k-wQoDAMss') ); s2nApi.float = ! window.MNGAuthentication.isUserSubscriber(); } }</script><p>Until, like a Shakespearean ghost refusing to stay dead and in the ground, Smollett reappeared Thursday, grabbing international headlines again just as the state’s attorney was halfway out the door and consumed with burnishing her legacy.</p><p>The reason was a blockbuster <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/21/illinois-high-court-overturns-convictions-for-jussie-smollett-in-alleged-hoax/">ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court</a> that Smollett should not have been prosecuted a second time for the same crime, given that he’d kept his side of a previously arranged deal with Foxx’s office the first time around.</p><script id="95f79a6bddcf4e4eb895c63f57e7df4c"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=fa8632bf-0eb6-4c47-8b84-b4278343aedb&cid=38d5daa3-18ac-4ee1-a905-373c67622f25'; cnx.cmd.push( function() { cnx( { playerId: "fa8632bf-0eb6-4c47-8b84-b4278343aedb" } ).render( "95f79a6bddcf4e4eb895c63f57e7df4c" ); } );</script><p>To refresh your memory, following a call from former Obama aide Tina Tchen that reportedly aimed to connect, so to speak, Foxx with Smollett’s family, Foxx signed off on a fine and probation for Smollett. Most incredibly of all, the slap on the wrist did not require him to stand up in public and admit his guilt (Smollett always has maintained his innocence). At the time, that last detail astonished many in the criminal justice field, given that ordinary folks who find themselves in such negotiations almost always at least have to acknowledge what they did.</p><p>Such was the outrage that prominent Chicago attorney Dan Webb took over as special prosecutor and re-prosecuted Smollett in 2022. Surprising no one, a jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to five months in jail, a proportionally apt sentence in our view given that he had mocked the Chicago police officers who had rushed to investigate what they first believed to be a hate crime, wasting their time and efforts. Similarly, Smollett had made a fool out of every actual victim of a hate crime by making it less likely they would be believed in the future. And, of course, he had besmirched the entire city of Chicago, coming up with a cock-and-bull story about someone shouting, “This is MAGA country,” as if that were likely to happen in this town in the middle of a frigid winter night.</p><div class="dfp-ad dfp-cube_article" id="div-gpt-ad-cube_article" style="visibility:hidden"> <div class="htlad-cube_article" data-unit="chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/cube_article" data-targeting=""></div> </div><p>Lots of famous Democrats who should have been more cautious, such as Cory Booker, Nancy Pelosi and, yes, Kamala Harris, issued statements of support for the hoaxer at the time. “This was an attempted modern day lynching,” said Harris on what was then Twitter.</p><p>Nothing could have been further from the truth. The cops knew almost immediately, but none of the above politicians checked with them. Or waited even a few days for the facts to emerge.</p><div class="article-slideshow" id="mng-gallery-6350b3ecbe587df2bd830e4c3aef6726"><button class="icon-close mng-gallery-fullscreen-close" aria-label="Close fullscreen slideshow"></button><ul class="mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider"><button id="mng-gallery-prev" class="mng-gallery-prev mng-gallery-arrow" aria-label="Previous" type="button"></button><div class="mng-gallery-list draggable"><div class="mng-gallery-track"><li data-index="1" class="mng-ge mng-gallery-active" id="mng-ge-0" aria-hidden="false" tabindex="0"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="TV actor Jussie Smollett stands before Cook County Circuit Judge..." class="size-article_inline" sizes="(max-width: 40em) 620px,(min-width: 40em) and (max-width: 50em) 780px,(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 65em) 810px,(min-width: 65em) and (max-width: 80em) 1280px,(min-width: 80em) 1860px,1860px" srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-2019-toned-01.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-2019-toned-01.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-2019-toned-01.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-2019-toned-01.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-2019-toned-01.jpg?w=1860 1860w"><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">TV actor Jussie Smollett stands before Cook County Circuit Judge Steven Watkins on March 14, 2019, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, where he pled not guilty. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="2" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt='Jussie Smollett attends "The Lost Holliday" New York screening on...' class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-jussie-smollett-2024-01.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-jussie-smollett-2024-01.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-jussie-smollett-2024-01.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-jussie-smollett-2024-01.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-jussie-smollett-2024-01.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-jussie-smollett-2024-01.jpg?w=1860 1860w"><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett attends "The Lost Holliday" New York screening on Sept. 25, 2024 in New York City. (Steven Ferdman/Getty)</p></div></li><li data-index="3" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett, center, leaves the Cook County Jail in Chicago..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/Y562KGYAKZFCBFKIR6F33AUCUI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/Y562KGYAKZFCBFKIR6F33AUCUI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/Y562KGYAKZFCBFKIR6F33AUCUI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/Y562KGYAKZFCBFKIR6F33AUCUI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/Y562KGYAKZFCBFKIR6F33AUCUI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/Y562KGYAKZFCBFKIR6F33AUCUI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett, center, leaves the Cook County Jail in Chicago on March 16, 2022.</p></div></li><li data-index="4" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Cook County Jail after he..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2VU7J4LNINHVDJQWHPX4BPEDXI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2VU7J4LNINHVDJQWHPX4BPEDXI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2VU7J4LNINHVDJQWHPX4BPEDXI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2VU7J4LNINHVDJQWHPX4BPEDXI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2VU7J4LNINHVDJQWHPX4BPEDXI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2VU7J4LNINHVDJQWHPX4BPEDXI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Cook County Jail after he was ordered to be released.</p></div></li><li data-index="5" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Nenye Uche, center, a defense attorney for Jussie Smollett, speaks..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/SZYNQ2ANZNAADN2UL42RTQ4NIQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/SZYNQ2ANZNAADN2UL42RTQ4NIQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/SZYNQ2ANZNAADN2UL42RTQ4NIQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/SZYNQ2ANZNAADN2UL42RTQ4NIQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/SZYNQ2ANZNAADN2UL42RTQ4NIQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/SZYNQ2ANZNAADN2UL42RTQ4NIQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Nenye Uche, center, a defense attorney for Jussie Smollett, speaks to the media outside the Cook County Jail in Chicago on March 16, 2022, after his client was released pending an appeal.</p></div></li><li data-index="6" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett speaks to the media after charges against him..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-dropped-charges-osorio.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-dropped-charges-osorio.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-dropped-charges-osorio.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-dropped-charges-osorio.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-dropped-charges-osorio.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-dropped-charges-osorio.jpg?w=1860 1860w"><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett speaks to the media after charges against him were dropped at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on March 26, 2019. (José M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="7" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett appears at his sentencing hearing, March 10,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-crop.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-crop.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-crop.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-crop.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-crop.jpg?w=1280 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ctc-l-smollett-crop.jpg?w=1860 1860w"><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett appears at his sentencing hearing, March 10, 2022 at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="8" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett and his attorneys listen as his sentence..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/BNY3CPHLR5CFBOYN22VRGICIHA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/BNY3CPHLR5CFBOYN22VRGICIHA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/BNY3CPHLR5CFBOYN22VRGICIHA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/BNY3CPHLR5CFBOYN22VRGICIHA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/BNY3CPHLR5CFBOYN22VRGICIHA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/BNY3CPHLR5CFBOYN22VRGICIHA.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett and his attorneys listen as his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="9" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2BXXJ6AVZNCMXHZHB2P6QTLRBU.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2BXXJ6AVZNCMXHZHB2P6QTLRBU.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2BXXJ6AVZNCMXHZHB2P6QTLRBU.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2BXXJ6AVZNCMXHZHB2P6QTLRBU.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2BXXJ6AVZNCMXHZHB2P6QTLRBU.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/2BXXJ6AVZNCMXHZHB2P6QTLRBU.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="10" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Relatives of Jussie Smollett leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CVQZDQLS45C7NLDLXTNA6CUMCI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CVQZDQLS45C7NLDLXTNA6CUMCI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CVQZDQLS45C7NLDLXTNA6CUMCI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CVQZDQLS45C7NLDLXTNA6CUMCI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CVQZDQLS45C7NLDLXTNA6CUMCI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CVQZDQLS45C7NLDLXTNA6CUMCI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Relatives of Jussie Smollett leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on March 10, 2022, after Smollett was sentenced to serve jail time for his felony conviction.</p></div></li><li data-index="11" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Deputy special prosecutor Sam Mendenhall speaks during a sentencing hearing..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F5FSO5NZHFFDPKNSD4F6KR6AQI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F5FSO5NZHFFDPKNSD4F6KR6AQI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F5FSO5NZHFFDPKNSD4F6KR6AQI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F5FSO5NZHFFDPKNSD4F6KR6AQI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F5FSO5NZHFFDPKNSD4F6KR6AQI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F5FSO5NZHFFDPKNSD4F6KR6AQI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Deputy special prosecutor Sam Mendenhall speaks during a sentencing hearing for actor Jussie Smollett on March 10, 2022 at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="12" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Tina Glandian, attorney for actor Jussie Smollett, speaks at his..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/YJ53RHQUVVGF7EDQ4HYUDEEYIM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/YJ53RHQUVVGF7EDQ4HYUDEEYIM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/YJ53RHQUVVGF7EDQ4HYUDEEYIM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/YJ53RHQUVVGF7EDQ4HYUDEEYIM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/YJ53RHQUVVGF7EDQ4HYUDEEYIM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/YJ53RHQUVVGF7EDQ4HYUDEEYIM.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Tina Glandian, attorney for actor Jussie Smollett, speaks at his sentencing hearing, March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="13" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Dec. 9, 2021,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/5ZNGHXDAKBHN5FTEUXQEFX6T3Y.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/5ZNGHXDAKBHN5FTEUXQEFX6T3Y.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/5ZNGHXDAKBHN5FTEUXQEFX6T3Y.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/5ZNGHXDAKBHN5FTEUXQEFX6T3Y.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/5ZNGHXDAKBHN5FTEUXQEFX6T3Y.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/5ZNGHXDAKBHN5FTEUXQEFX6T3Y.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit"></p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Dec. 9, 2021, after he was found guilty on five of six disorderly conduct charges for allegedly giving false information to Chicago police about an alleged racial and homophobic attack in January 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)</p></div></li><li data-index="14" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett arrives with his family to the Leighton Criminal..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UPHET3QEUJCKDPFKZZREYZBFLA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UPHET3QEUJCKDPFKZZREYZBFLA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UPHET3QEUJCKDPFKZZREYZBFLA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UPHET3QEUJCKDPFKZZREYZBFLA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UPHET3QEUJCKDPFKZZREYZBFLA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UPHET3QEUJCKDPFKZZREYZBFLA.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett arrives with his family to the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Dec. 8, 2021. Smollett is accused of faking an attack on himself in Chicago 3 years ago.</p></div></li><li data-index="15" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Special prosecutor Dan Webb, center, arrives for the Jussie Smollett..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/6DHM4G67PBAYRKGD5AFSN6DVNI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/6DHM4G67PBAYRKGD5AFSN6DVNI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/6DHM4G67PBAYRKGD5AFSN6DVNI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/6DHM4G67PBAYRKGD5AFSN6DVNI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/6DHM4G67PBAYRKGD5AFSN6DVNI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/6DHM4G67PBAYRKGD5AFSN6DVNI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Special prosecutor Dan Webb, center, arrives for the Jussie Smollett trial at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Dec. 8, 2021.</p></div></li><li data-index="16" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-15" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Flanked by family, supporters, and security, Jussie Smollett walks outside..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U7O53OWUCFAWJEWYJHTIWQIFAM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U7O53OWUCFAWJEWYJHTIWQIFAM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U7O53OWUCFAWJEWYJHTIWQIFAM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U7O53OWUCFAWJEWYJHTIWQIFAM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U7O53OWUCFAWJEWYJHTIWQIFAM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U7O53OWUCFAWJEWYJHTIWQIFAM.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Flanked by family, supporters, and security, Jussie Smollett walks outside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Dec. 2, 2021.</p></div></li><li data-index="17" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-16" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt='From left, Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo, one of the brothers connected...' class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ESOBWJKFIFGUDPKNE5KG6NFNSQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ESOBWJKFIFGUDPKNE5KG6NFNSQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ESOBWJKFIFGUDPKNE5KG6NFNSQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ESOBWJKFIFGUDPKNE5KG6NFNSQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ESOBWJKFIFGUDPKNE5KG6NFNSQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ESOBWJKFIFGUDPKNE5KG6NFNSQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">From left, Abimbola "Abel" Osundairo, one of the brothers connected to the alleged staged hate crime involving Jussie Smollett, his attorney Gloria Schmidt Rodriguez, and Osundairo's brother Olabinjo Osundairo, walk outside the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Dec. 2, 2021.</p></div></li><li data-index="18" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-17" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett looks back as he arrives with his family..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VAO2K4CZERAYTODEBIBMLIRUVA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VAO2K4CZERAYTODEBIBMLIRUVA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VAO2K4CZERAYTODEBIBMLIRUVA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VAO2K4CZERAYTODEBIBMLIRUVA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VAO2K4CZERAYTODEBIBMLIRUVA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VAO2K4CZERAYTODEBIBMLIRUVA.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett looks back as he arrives with his family to the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Nov. 30, 2021. Smollett is accused of faking an attack on himself in Chicago three years ago.</p></div></li><li data-index="19" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-18" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett arrives with his family to the Leighton Criminal..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/P7CIVTDNPZCPPENCRM2HJKALBM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/P7CIVTDNPZCPPENCRM2HJKALBM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/P7CIVTDNPZCPPENCRM2HJKALBM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/P7CIVTDNPZCPPENCRM2HJKALBM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/P7CIVTDNPZCPPENCRM2HJKALBM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/P7CIVTDNPZCPPENCRM2HJKALBM.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett arrives with his family to the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Nov. 30, 2021.</p></div></li><li data-index="20" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-19" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Nov. 29, 2021,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ZLGAHAN2CBBIVORQZ3OO2K7OLQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ZLGAHAN2CBBIVORQZ3OO2K7OLQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ZLGAHAN2CBBIVORQZ3OO2K7OLQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ZLGAHAN2CBBIVORQZ3OO2K7OLQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ZLGAHAN2CBBIVORQZ3OO2K7OLQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/ZLGAHAN2CBBIVORQZ3OO2K7OLQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, Nov. 29, 2021, in Chicago.</p></div></li><li data-index="21" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-20" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett enters the Leighton Criminal Court Building on July..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VN2W5R3WTJD3TK2YQOZGXRMAUE.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VN2W5R3WTJD3TK2YQOZGXRMAUE.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VN2W5R3WTJD3TK2YQOZGXRMAUE.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VN2W5R3WTJD3TK2YQOZGXRMAUE.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VN2W5R3WTJD3TK2YQOZGXRMAUE.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VN2W5R3WTJD3TK2YQOZGXRMAUE.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett enters the Leighton Criminal Court Building on July 14, 2021, in Chicago. Judge James Linn is expected to hear testimony about whether one of Smollett's would-be attorneys, Nenye Uche, has a conflict of interest that could disqualify him from representing the actor in his hot-button criminal case.</p></div></li><li data-index="22" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-21" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett departs after a court appearance Feb. 24, 2020,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VDWSCDBRJRD2XDMLJE4PMCG6IA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VDWSCDBRJRD2XDMLJE4PMCG6IA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VDWSCDBRJRD2XDMLJE4PMCG6IA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VDWSCDBRJRD2XDMLJE4PMCG6IA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VDWSCDBRJRD2XDMLJE4PMCG6IA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VDWSCDBRJRD2XDMLJE4PMCG6IA.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett departs after a court appearance Feb. 24, 2020, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="23" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-22" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett departs amid a crush of cameras after a..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VVEF54YL6NHGRDUKEX7BMLRVQA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VVEF54YL6NHGRDUKEX7BMLRVQA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VVEF54YL6NHGRDUKEX7BMLRVQA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VVEF54YL6NHGRDUKEX7BMLRVQA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VVEF54YL6NHGRDUKEX7BMLRVQA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/VVEF54YL6NHGRDUKEX7BMLRVQA.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett departs amid a crush of cameras after a court appearance Feb. 24, 2020, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="24" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-23" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Brothers Olabinjo Osundairo, left, and Abimbola Osundairo depart after attending..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WY2QIWH5MNDKDK2ZUYODGQKHKM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WY2QIWH5MNDKDK2ZUYODGQKHKM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WY2QIWH5MNDKDK2ZUYODGQKHKM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WY2QIWH5MNDKDK2ZUYODGQKHKM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WY2QIWH5MNDKDK2ZUYODGQKHKM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WY2QIWH5MNDKDK2ZUYODGQKHKM.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Brothers Olabinjo Osundairo, left, and Abimbola Osundairo depart after attending a court appearance for Jussie Smollett on Feb. 24, 2020, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="25" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-24" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett departs after a court appearance Feb. 24, 2020,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NVHG3RHSQREP5J7OYUES6KLF2U.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NVHG3RHSQREP5J7OYUES6KLF2U.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NVHG3RHSQREP5J7OYUES6KLF2U.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NVHG3RHSQREP5J7OYUES6KLF2U.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NVHG3RHSQREP5J7OYUES6KLF2U.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NVHG3RHSQREP5J7OYUES6KLF2U.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett departs after a court appearance Feb. 24, 2020, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="26" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-25" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett appears for a hearing where his case was..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NWX27UUCJFCJJFQQW6OCHTLVTY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NWX27UUCJFCJJFQQW6OCHTLVTY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NWX27UUCJFCJJFQQW6OCHTLVTY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NWX27UUCJFCJJFQQW6OCHTLVTY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NWX27UUCJFCJJFQQW6OCHTLVTY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NWX27UUCJFCJJFQQW6OCHTLVTY.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett appears for a hearing where his case was assigned to a judge Feb. 24, 2020, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.</p></div></li><li data-index="27" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-26" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, center, arrives to the Leighton..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UQL7F7VKXJFFHGSIV6I75ARYGY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UQL7F7VKXJFFHGSIV6I75ARYGY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UQL7F7VKXJFFHGSIV6I75ARYGY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UQL7F7VKXJFFHGSIV6I75ARYGY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UQL7F7VKXJFFHGSIV6I75ARYGY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/UQL7F7VKXJFFHGSIV6I75ARYGY.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, center, arrives to the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his arraignment on Feb. 24, 2020, in Chicago.</p></div></li><li data-index="28" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-27" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, center right, arrives to the..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/RL3O3LXYEBBKJISXKMO2HAZDNM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/RL3O3LXYEBBKJISXKMO2HAZDNM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/RL3O3LXYEBBKJISXKMO2HAZDNM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/RL3O3LXYEBBKJISXKMO2HAZDNM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/RL3O3LXYEBBKJISXKMO2HAZDNM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/RL3O3LXYEBBKJISXKMO2HAZDNM.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, center right, arrives to the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his arraignment on Feb. 24, 2020.</p></div></li><li data-index="29" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-28" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Photographers covering former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, fourth from left,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/L6EEQNDCTRFZFPVBFMW2HRK7TA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/L6EEQNDCTRFZFPVBFMW2HRK7TA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/L6EEQNDCTRFZFPVBFMW2HRK7TA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/L6EEQNDCTRFZFPVBFMW2HRK7TA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/L6EEQNDCTRFZFPVBFMW2HRK7TA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/L6EEQNDCTRFZFPVBFMW2HRK7TA.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Photographers covering former Empire actor Jussie Smollett, fourth from left, fall as Smollett arrives to the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his arraignment on Feb. 24, 2020, in Chicago.</p></div></li><li data-index="30" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-29" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb takes the oath of special..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DXZRJ3TGWJC7HDLNOVJRSWEM2A.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DXZRJ3TGWJC7HDLNOVJRSWEM2A.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DXZRJ3TGWJC7HDLNOVJRSWEM2A.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DXZRJ3TGWJC7HDLNOVJRSWEM2A.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DXZRJ3TGWJC7HDLNOVJRSWEM2A.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DXZRJ3TGWJC7HDLNOVJRSWEM2A.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb takes the oath of special prosecutor during a status hearing concerning actor Jussie Smollett at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Aug. 23, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="31" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-30" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Sheila O'Brien, a former appellate judge pressing to probe the..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U3PRGDXGJVEF7NHLUGTLHBNMJM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U3PRGDXGJVEF7NHLUGTLHBNMJM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U3PRGDXGJVEF7NHLUGTLHBNMJM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U3PRGDXGJVEF7NHLUGTLHBNMJM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U3PRGDXGJVEF7NHLUGTLHBNMJM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/U3PRGDXGJVEF7NHLUGTLHBNMJM.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Sheila O'Brien, a former appellate judge pressing to probe the state's attorney's office, gestures while walking through the Leighton Criminal Court Building on May 23, 2019, in Chicago. She called the judge's decision unsealing the court file a good first step.</p></div></li><li data-index="32" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-31" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CN5O543S7JFDFCP4LUP675YYEY.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CN5O543S7JFDFCP4LUP675YYEY.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CN5O543S7JFDFCP4LUP675YYEY.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CN5O543S7JFDFCP4LUP675YYEY.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CN5O543S7JFDFCP4LUP675YYEY.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CN5O543S7JFDFCP4LUP675YYEY.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after all charges were dropped in his disorderly conduct case on March 26, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="33" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-32" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/HDTHKQFRDFCKHOAUSMDHTVURYI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/HDTHKQFRDFCKHOAUSMDHTVURYI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/HDTHKQFRDFCKHOAUSMDHTVURYI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/HDTHKQFRDFCKHOAUSMDHTVURYI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/HDTHKQFRDFCKHOAUSMDHTVURYI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/HDTHKQFRDFCKHOAUSMDHTVURYI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after all charges were dropped in his disorderly conduct case on March 26, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="34" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-33" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett, center, waves as he walks out of..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TZGZ7J2LD5CAFNMRXA3U57N234.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TZGZ7J2LD5CAFNMRXA3U57N234.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TZGZ7J2LD5CAFNMRXA3U57N234.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TZGZ7J2LD5CAFNMRXA3U57N234.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TZGZ7J2LD5CAFNMRXA3U57N234.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TZGZ7J2LD5CAFNMRXA3U57N234.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett, center, waves as he walks out of the Leighton Criminal Court Building after all charges were dropped in his disorderly conduct case on March 26, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="35" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-34" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett appears for a hearing at the Leighton..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/XTQ264BCOFFABFFYL5RUBORLKM.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/XTQ264BCOFFABFFYL5RUBORLKM.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/XTQ264BCOFFABFFYL5RUBORLKM.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/XTQ264BCOFFABFFYL5RUBORLKM.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/XTQ264BCOFFABFFYL5RUBORLKM.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/XTQ264BCOFFABFFYL5RUBORLKM.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett appears for a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on March 14, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="36" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-35" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett gestures to supporters who chant for him as..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WO2KZUADVVHTZHZK7YPYUOV2W4.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WO2KZUADVVHTZHZK7YPYUOV2W4.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WO2KZUADVVHTZHZK7YPYUOV2W4.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WO2KZUADVVHTZHZK7YPYUOV2W4.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WO2KZUADVVHTZHZK7YPYUOV2W4.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WO2KZUADVVHTZHZK7YPYUOV2W4.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett gestures to supporters who chant for him as he arrives for a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on March 14, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="37" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-36" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett supporter Sandra Gentry, of Chicago, chants as Smollett arrives..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JC7NKTAKHBCS3NKZTVE5CHVK3A.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JC7NKTAKHBCS3NKZTVE5CHVK3A.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JC7NKTAKHBCS3NKZTVE5CHVK3A.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JC7NKTAKHBCS3NKZTVE5CHVK3A.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JC7NKTAKHBCS3NKZTVE5CHVK3A.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JC7NKTAKHBCS3NKZTVE5CHVK3A.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett supporter Sandra Gentry, of Chicago, chants as Smollett arrives for a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on March 14, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="38" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-37" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Jussie Smollett enters the Leighton Criminal Court Building, March 12,..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WGOQW4UODNHZLBJM5W3ZZRSF2U.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WGOQW4UODNHZLBJM5W3ZZRSF2U.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WGOQW4UODNHZLBJM5W3ZZRSF2U.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WGOQW4UODNHZLBJM5W3ZZRSF2U.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WGOQW4UODNHZLBJM5W3ZZRSF2U.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/WGOQW4UODNHZLBJM5W3ZZRSF2U.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett enters the Leighton Criminal Court Building, March 12, 2019, for a hearing on whether cameras will be allowed in the courtroom on the criminal charges he faces.</p></div></li><li data-index="39" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-38" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt='After bonding out, "Empire" television actor Jussie Smollett leaves the...' class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CDPWKJ6AKRFNJMGJZAYEHC4SJA.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CDPWKJ6AKRFNJMGJZAYEHC4SJA.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CDPWKJ6AKRFNJMGJZAYEHC4SJA.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CDPWKJ6AKRFNJMGJZAYEHC4SJA.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CDPWKJ6AKRFNJMGJZAYEHC4SJA.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/CDPWKJ6AKRFNJMGJZAYEHC4SJA.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">After bonding out, "Empire" television actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Feb. 21, 2019.</p></div></li><li data-index="40" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-39" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="A light shines on the door of a residence that..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DAJNNEEYONG23MFZKSPA3YYKPI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DAJNNEEYONG23MFZKSPA3YYKPI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DAJNNEEYONG23MFZKSPA3YYKPI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DAJNNEEYONG23MFZKSPA3YYKPI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DAJNNEEYONG23MFZKSPA3YYKPI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/DAJNNEEYONG23MFZKSPA3YYKPI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune</p><p class="slide-caption">A light shines on the door of a residence that was served with a search warrant in the investigation of the attack on actor Jussie Smollett in the Streeterville neighborhood, Feb. 14, 2019, in Chicago.</p></div></li><li data-index="41" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-40" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt='A surveillance camera is seen near the spot where "Empire" actor...' class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JAWO6KCM65ALTIA2TBNEOFUMDU.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JAWO6KCM65ALTIA2TBNEOFUMDU.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JAWO6KCM65ALTIA2TBNEOFUMDU.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JAWO6KCM65ALTIA2TBNEOFUMDU.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JAWO6KCM65ALTIA2TBNEOFUMDU.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/JAWO6KCM65ALTIA2TBNEOFUMDU.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Teresa Crawford/AP</p><p class="slide-caption">A surveillance camera is seen near the spot where "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett allegedly staged an attack in Chicago. Chicago police tapped into a vast network of surveillance cameras _ and some homeowners' doorbell cameras _ to help determine the identities of two brothers who later claimed they were paid by "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to stage a racist and homophobic attack.</p></div></li><li data-index="42" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-41" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Chicago police released surveillance images of "potential persons of interest''..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TQ3HAKJPQFD3VFMHWDDB53AMJU.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TQ3HAKJPQFD3VFMHWDDB53AMJU.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TQ3HAKJPQFD3VFMHWDDB53AMJU.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TQ3HAKJPQFD3VFMHWDDB53AMJU.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TQ3HAKJPQFD3VFMHWDDB53AMJU.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/TQ3HAKJPQFD3VFMHWDDB53AMJU.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Chicago Police Department</p><p class="slide-caption">Chicago police released surveillance images of "potential persons of interest'' they want to question about an alleged attack on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in Streeterville. The pictures show two people walking down the street near where Smollett said two men approached him early Jan. 29, 2019, yelled racial and homophobic slurs, hit him and wrapped a rope around his neck. The images are dark and do not show any attack.</p></div></li><li data-index="43" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-42" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt='Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon in the Season 2 premiere of "Empire."' class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/V4LJAK5VC5HZXIBCCZVZW2LWVI.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/V4LJAK5VC5HZXIBCCZVZW2LWVI.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/V4LJAK5VC5HZXIBCCZVZW2LWVI.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/V4LJAK5VC5HZXIBCCZVZW2LWVI.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/V4LJAK5VC5HZXIBCCZVZW2LWVI.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/V4LJAK5VC5HZXIBCCZVZW2LWVI.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Chuck Hodes/Fox</p><p class="slide-caption">Jussie Smollett as Jamal Lyon in the Season 2 premiere of "Empire."</p></div></li><li data-index="44" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-43" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actor Jussie Smollett, left, a 2019 inductee of the 5000..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F2Z7VWSNNNF57IWR4454LJBGB4.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F2Z7VWSNNNF57IWR4454LJBGB4.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F2Z7VWSNNNF57IWR4454LJBGB4.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F2Z7VWSNNNF57IWR4454LJBGB4.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F2Z7VWSNNNF57IWR4454LJBGB4.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/F2Z7VWSNNNF57IWR4454LJBGB4.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Jose A. Iglesias/el Nuevo Herald</p><p class="slide-caption">Actor Jussie Smollett, left, a 2019 inductee of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project, with Rep. Frederica S. Wilson and actor and humanitarian Danny Glover, who was also a 2019 inductee.</p></div></li><li data-index="45" class="mng-ge" id="mng-ge-44" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="image-wrapper"><img alt="Actors Jussie Smollett, left, and Terrence Howard attend the 2018..." class="lazyload size-article_inline" data-sizes="auto" data-src="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NMIDT5PXZJDQDOSPLSYUMCUGKQ.jpg?w=620" data-srcset="https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NMIDT5PXZJDQDOSPLSYUMCUGKQ.jpg?w=620 620w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NMIDT5PXZJDQDOSPLSYUMCUGKQ.jpg?w=780 780w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NMIDT5PXZJDQDOSPLSYUMCUGKQ.jpg?w=810 810w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NMIDT5PXZJDQDOSPLSYUMCUGKQ.jpg?w=1200 1280w,https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/12/01/NMIDT5PXZJDQDOSPLSYUMCUGKQ.jpg?w=1200 1860w"><p class="slide-credit">Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images</p><p class="slide-caption">Actors Jussie Smollett, left, and Terrence Howard attend the 2018 Fox Network Upfront at Wollman Rink in New York on May 14, 2018.</p></div></li></div></div><button id="mng-gallery-next" class="mng-gallery-next mng-gallery-arrow" aria-label="Next" type="button"></button></ul><div class="caption mng-gallery-information-container"><button class="caption-expand mng-gallery-caption-expand" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Show caption">Show Caption</button><div class="slideshow-credit mng-gallery-image-credit"></div><div class="slide-count"><span class="current mng-gallery-current-image-number-display">1</span> of <span class="total">45</span></div><p class="slideshow-caption mng-gallery-image-caption">TV actor Jussie Smollett stands before Cook County Circuit Judge Steven Watkins on March 14, 2019, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, where he pled not guilty. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)</p><a href="#" class="icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand" aria-label="Expand fullscreen slideshow"><span>Expand</span></a></div></div><p>Much as we would have liked to see Smollett do his duly assigned time (he appealed and spent only a handful of days in jail) and then move on with his life, we have some sympathy with the Supreme Court’s verdict, which was a determination on the fairness (or lack thereof) of the prosecutorial process rather than a ruling on the actual facts of the case. The court clearly reasoned that Foxx’s office had kept the bond that Smollett had paid and he had, at least nominally, done the requisite 15 hours of so-called community service. Thus, the court decided the second prosecution constituted double jeopardy, and the jury’s verdict and Smollett’s sentence were in essence vacated.</p><p>As Webb noted in a statement Thursday, “Make no mistake — today’s ruling has nothing to do with Mr. Smollett’s innocence. The Illinois Supreme Court did not find any error with the overwhelming evidence presented at trial that Mr. Smollett orchestrated a fake hate crime and reported it to the Chicago Police Department as a real hate crime, or the jury’s unanimous verdict that Mr. Smollett was guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct.”</p><p>The lesson here?</p><p>Prosecutorial errors have consequences that even special prosecutors cannot undo.</p><p>We’ve long argued that this case was in fact highly relevant when assessing Foxx’s legacy because of its symbolic import, especially as it related to her office’s fraught relationship with the Chicago police. We also have long thought that, even though Foxx has denied it, here was a revealing case that suggested justice was not always equally dispensed if a celebrity was involved. That’s true of lots of other offices, of course, in this city and beyond, but that doesn’t make it right.</p><p>We long have acknowledged that prosecutors have limited resources and, given all the violent crimes in this city, this one was a candidate for a quick negotiation. This was fundamentally an act of narcissism by a clearly troubled young man and while there were victims, they were neither individualized not immediately obvious. Also, Foxx is right that this was one case among the very many that she and her staff dealt with during her tenure and it hardly represents the whole story. So stipulated.</p><p>But there is much poetic justice in the Smollett affair rearing its head again just as Foxx is about to be replaced by Eileen O’Neill Burke. Foxx and Smollett <em>are</em> tied together whether the state’s attorney likes it or not, and this case was not the office’s finest hour under her leadership.</p><p>Finally, and let’s hope this is the last time we say it, whatever deal Foxx wanted cooked up for Smollett should have been accompanied by his admitting guilt.</p><p><em>Submit a letter, of no more than 400 words, to the editor <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/07/03/submit-a-letter-to-the-editor/">here</a> or email <a href="mailto:letters@chicagotribune.com">letters@chicagotribune.com</a>.</em></p></p> <div class="time mng-originally-published">Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-11-21 16:36:13">November 21, 2024 at 4:36 PM CST</time></div></div></div><div class="article-bottom-share"><div class="article-share" id="sharing-bottom" ><div class="sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled"><div class="robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing"><h3 class="sd-title">Share this:</h3><div class="sd-content"><ul><li class="share-facebook"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-facebook-17802675" class="share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/21/editorial-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-supreme-court/?share=facebook" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Facebook" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-x"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="sharing-x-17802675" class="share-x sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/21/editorial-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-supreme-court/?share=x" target="_blank" title="Click to share on X" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to share on X (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-print"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-print sd-button share-icon no-text" href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/21/editorial-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-supreme-court/#print" target="_blank" title="Click to print" ><span></span><span class="sharing-screen-reader-text">Click to print (Opens in new window)</span></a></li><li class="share-email"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-shared="" class="share-email sd-button share-icon no-text" href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Editorial%3A%20The%20ghost%20of%20Jussie%20Smollett%20rises%20up%20to%20haunt%20the%20Kim%20Foxx%20exit%20tour&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2F2024%2F11%2F21%2Feditorial-kim-foxx-jussie-smollett-supreme-court%2F&share=email" target="_blank" title="Click to email a link to a friend" data-email-share-error-title="Do you have email set up?" data-email-share-error-text="If you're having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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