US court upholds R Kelly’s 20-year prison term for child sexual abuse
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinois’s shorter statute of limitations applied to his caseThe singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sexual abuse convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex. Continue reading
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—Appeals court rejects R. Kelly’s challenge of 20-year sentence. CHICAGO >> The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled today.
WDTN—Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly’s challenge of 20-year sentence. In his appeal, Kelly argued that Illinois' former and shorter statute of limitations on child sex crime prosecutions should have applied to his Chicago case rather than current law permitting charges while an accuser is still alive.
WHNT.com—Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly’s challenge of 20-year sentence. In his appeal, Kelly argued that Illinois' former and shorter statute of limitations on child sex crime prosecutions should have applied to his Chicago case rather than current law permitting charges while an accuser is still alive.