US EditionR. Kelly petitions Supreme Court to throw out sex crime convictions
- R. Kelly is petitioning the Supreme Court to appeal his federal sex crimes convictions while serving over a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina.
- Defense attorney Jennifer Bonjean claims R. Kelly's Chicago conviction for possessing child pornography should be dismissed, arguing the charges are barred by the statute of limitations.
- Bonjean's petition asserts the conduct occurred in the 1990s, before changes to the law, and challenges its retroactive application, saying his charges were time barred.
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Pop artist R. Kelly wants US Supreme Court to toss Chicago conviction
R&B singer R. Kelly's defense team announced it is petitioning the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 30, to overturn Kelly's Chicago conviction for possession of child pornography and enticing minors to engage in sexual activity. His attorneys argue that the Chicago convictions and 20-year prison sentence should be thrown out because of the statute of limitations. Kelly was tried under the federal PROTECT act, which is a 2003 law that…
R. Kelly's Trying To Get Supreme Court To Throw Out Convictions - Media Take Out
R. Kelly’s attorney is trying to get the United States Supreme Court to throw out his convictions for possession of child porn and inducing minors to have sex. Kelly was sentenced in Chicago to 20 years in prison in February 2023 on charges of child pornography and enticement of minors for sex and just months later, he was convicted to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking charges based out of New York. His team say that the ca…
R. Kelly petitions Supreme Court to throw out sex crime convictions
Related video: Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly’s challenge of 20-year sentence (The Hill) -- Attorneys for R&B singer R. Kelly filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on Tuesday, seeking to overturn his federal sex crimes convictions. Kelly, who is already serving a 30-year sentence for sex trafficking from a 2021 North Carolina case, was also convicted in 2022 of producing child pornography, adding a simultaneous 20-year sentence. Tuesday…
R. Kelly petitions US Supreme Court to overturn sex crimes convictions based on statute of limitations
R. Kelly – who is currently serving a more than a 30-year prison sentence in North Carolina – is asking the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his federal sex crimes convictions.
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