Скачать или смотреть R. Kelly avoids lengthy add-on to 30-year sentence

(24 Feb 2023)

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ARCHIVE: Chicago - 7 May 2019
1. Still of R. Kelly arriving at the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago

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Chicago - 23 February 2023
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Claire Savage, Associated Press:
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"R.Kelly was sentenced for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex. The sentence he received was 20 years, and he will serve all but one of those years concurrently with his current 30 year sentence. So he will have one additional year tacked on to his sentence."

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ARCHIVE: Chicago - 17 September 2019
3. Still photo of R. Kelly during hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building

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Chicago - 23 February 2023
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Claire Savage, Associated Press:
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"R. Kelly is 56 years old and his age played a role in both the defense, prosecution and the judge deciding how they were going to set up his sentence. The judge basically said that based on average life expectancies, R. Kelly, even with a 30 year sentence, is not expected to make it out of prison alive. So he was hesitant to tack on additional time for that reason."

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ARCHIVE: Chicago - 17 September 201
5. Still photo of R. Kelly in courtroom at the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago

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Chicago - 23 February 2023
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Claire Savage, Associated Press:
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"R.Kelly's defense attorneys said that they were happy with the result and it was a reasonable and fair sentence."

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ARCHIVE: Chicago - 7 May 2019
7. Still of R. Kelly arriving at the Leighton Criminal Court building in Chicago
STORYLINE:

A federal judge has handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex.

U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison following the racketeering sentence, imposed last year in New York.

In a victory for Kelly, the court said Thursday he will serve 19 years of that sentence simultaneously with his 30-year sentence imposed last year in New York.

The central question going into sentencing was whether the judge would heed prosecutors’ request and order that the 56-year-old Kelly serve the Chicago sentence only after he completed the New York term.

Prosecutors had acknowledged that a lengthy term served only after the New York sentence could have erased any chance of Kelly ever getting out of prison alive.

It’s what they asked for, arguing his crimes against children and lack of remorse justified it.

With Thursday's sentence, though, Kelly will serve no more than 31 years.

That means he will be eligible for release at around age 80, providing him some hope of one day leaving prison alive.

Leinenweber said at the outset of the hearing that he did not accept the government’s contention that Kelly used fear to woo underage girls for sex.



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