A federal choose on thursday sentenced Kelly to twenty years in jail for his intercourse crimes to finish his Chicago trial.
In keeping with the New York Occasions, a jury convicted the singer on six of the 13 prices “in reference to sexual abuse in the course of the Nineties, together with three counts of coercing minors into sexual exercise and three of manufacturing intercourse tapes involving a minor.” Because of this, Kelly will now serve a 20 yr sentence—however not in the way in which you may suppose.
In an uncommon resolution, the choose decided that these 20 years might be served congruently, which implies that they will start concurrently his 30-year sentence, which he obtained after being convicted on racketeering and intercourse trafficking crimes at his New York trial in 2021. So, in essence, Kelly will solely be imprisoned for one extra yr in reference to the Chicago trial.
Initially, federal prosecutors have been requesting that Kelly get 25 years citing the truth that he’s a hazard to society.
“The one approach to make sure Kelly doesn’t re-offend is to impose a sentence that may maintain him in jail for the remainder of his life,” authorities submitting from prosecutors learn.
