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A convicted killer sentenced to life in prison for a Christmas Eve slaying outside a chicken restaurant has died, authorities said. Lee Cration died Thursday at the Menard Correctional Center, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. A spokesperson could not provide details on the cause of death. Cration died exactly a week before his 62nd birthday. A Cook County judge sentenced .
An Illinois appellate court heard Tuesday it should toss the disgraced former Empire star Jussie Smollett's convictions for staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police.