Mahakama ya Chicago imetoa hukumu kwa Robert Kelly ‘R.Kelly’ kwa makosa ya Ponografia na Kushawishi Watoto kushiriki shughuli za uhalifu wa Kingono, hukumu ambayo imetolewa licha ya kuwa bado anatumikia kifungo kingine cha miaka 30 jela kwa makosa ya Unyanyasaji wa Kijinsia.
Licha ya Waendesha mashitaka kutaka hukumu zitenganishwe, kwa maana akimaliza kutumikia miaka 30 aanze kutumikia adhabu nyingine, Jaji Harry D. Leinenweber ameamua kutoa hukumu tofauti.
Amesema katika miaka 20 aliyohukumiwa, 19 itaenda sambamba na hukumu ya miaka 30 kisha mwaka mmoja uliosalia atautumikia baada ya kumaliza kifungo cha miaka 30.
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R. Kelly, already serving 30 years for sex trafficking, sentenced to 20 years in federal child porn case
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday following his conviction last year on charges of child pornography and enticement of a minor, his second such lengthy sentencing in the past year.
Kelly, 56, is already serving a 30-year prison term for his 2021 conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in a New York federal court.
US District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber said in court Thursday that 19 years of the 20-year prison sentence would be served concurrently, or at the same time as his other sentence. One year would be served consecutively, or after that sentence is complete, he said.
Kelly was convicted in September on three counts of production of child pornography and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. A motion for a new trial was denied last week.
Prior to the sentence, attorney Christopher Brown read from a statement given by one of Kelly’s victims, identified as “Jane.”
“I have lost my dignity due to Robert Kelly. I have lost my dreams due to Robert Kelly. I have lost my teenage years to Robert Kelly,” he read.
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a Chicago federal courtroom Thursday following his conviction last year on charges of child pornography and enticement of a minor, his second such lengthy sentencing in the past year.
Kelly, 56, is already serving a 30-year prison term for his 2021 conviction on racketeering and sex trafficking charges in a New York federal court.
US District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber said in court Thursday that 19 years of the 20-year prison sentence would be served concurrently, or at the same time as his other sentence. One year would be served consecutively, or after that sentence is complete, he said.
Kelly was convicted in September on three counts of production of child pornography and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity. A motion for a new trial was denied last week.
Prior to the sentence, attorney Christopher Brown read from a statement given by one of Kelly’s victims, identified as “Jane.”
“I have lost my dignity due to Robert Kelly. I have lost my dreams due to Robert Kelly. I have lost my teenage years to Robert Kelly,” he read.
Source: CNN