R. Kelly loses appeal over conviction for child sex crimes in Chicago
nme.comR. Kelly‘s conviction and 20-year prison sentence for possessing child pornography and child enticement.The disgraced singer was found guilty of six of 13 counts of owning and producing child pornography and enticing a minor back in September.
On Thursday (February 23), he was sentenced to 20 years in prison but he will serve almost all of his sentence simultaneously alongside the jail term he received last year for racketeering and trafficking.The additional sentence means that in total, Kelly will now serve 31 years in prison and he will not be eligible for release until he is 80 years old.Kelly appealed the sentence, with his lawyers arguing that U.S.
District Judge Harry Leinenweber exceeded federal sentencing guidelines by six years when he handed him his 20-year sentence.However, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded the sentencing was appropriate due to the “horrid, horrible” nature of Kelly’s crimes.
The court also rejected Kelly’s argument that the charges were filed after the statute of limitations had passed.JUST IN: The 7th Circuit U.S.
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