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R. 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…

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The Hill

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R. Kelly petitions Supreme Court to throw out sex crime convictions

Attorneys for R&B singer R. Kelly filed an appeal to his federal sex crimes conviction with the Supreme Court on Tuesday, arguing his conviction should be tossed over the statute of limitations. Kelly, who is already serving a 30-year sentence for sex trafficking from a 2021 North Carolina case, was also convicted in 2022 of…

8 months ago·Washington, United States

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WLKY

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R. Kelly petitions US Supreme Court to overturn sex crimes convictions

In the petition, R. Kelly's lawyer argues that the musician was wrongly retroactively prosecuted under a federal law.

8 months ago·Louisville, United States

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CNN

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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.

8 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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MSNBC

R. Kelly appeals sex crime convictions to U.S. Supreme Court

R. Kelly is appealing his federal sex crimes convictions to the Supreme Court, pressing a statute of limitations argument that an appeals court flatly rejected.

8 months ago·United States

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The Guardian Nigeria

R. Kelly Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Child Sex Convictions

In a last-ditch effort, R&B singer R.Kelly, has appealed to the United States Supreme Court to overturn his child sex crime convictions. He argues that the charges he was found guilty of should have been barred by the statute of limitations as reported by TMZ. R. Kelly’s alleged crimes The 57-year-old musician was convicted of […] The post R. Kelly Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Child Sex Convictions appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News -…

8 months ago·Nigeria

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