R. Kelly stays locked up after a decide dominated he’s nonetheless a risk to the general public, whilst his authorized staff fights for a brand new trial and contemporary illustration.
R. Kelly will keep behind bars after a federal decide dominated he stays a risk to the general public and a possible flight danger, whilst his authorized staff pushes for a brand new trial.
On Tuesday (June 24), U.S. District Choose Martha M. Pacold rejected the 57-year-old singer’s request for bond whereas his movement for a brand new trial continues to be beneath evaluate.
R. Kelly is at present serving a 20-year sentence for youngster pornography and enticement convictions in Illinois.
Eighteen of these years run concurrently with a 30-year sentence from a separate racketeering case in New York.
R. Kelly is demanding a brand new trial, alleging that prosecutors and jail officers stole his authorized mail, threatened witnesses, and even plotted to have him killed in jail.
He claims a key witness was bribed to alter her testimony and that an Aryan Brotherhood gang member was recruited to hold out an assault however refused.
Kelly’s staff additionally says he was denied pressing medical care, which they argue provides urgency to each the bond request and the demand for a brand new trial.
Within the ruling, Pacold acknowledged that the court docket had the authority to think about a bond request throughout post-conviction proceedings however discovered no authorized or factual foundation to launch him.
“Kelly has not produced any argument or proof—a lot much less clear and convincing proof—difficult [the court’s previous] discovering or indicating that circumstances have modified such that Kelly is not a flight danger or a hazard to the neighborhood,” she wrote within the June 24 order.
R. Kelly’s attorneys argued that federal judges can grant bond in uncommon post-conviction conditions, citing the court docket’s inherent authority.
However Pacold stated even when Kelly met that top commonplace, he would nonetheless be imprisoned as a result of his New York conviction.
The decide additionally pointed to prior findings by Choose Harry Leinenweber, who oversaw Kelly’s Illinois trial and decided that his launch would pose a hazard to the neighborhood.
Regardless of the allegations in his different motions, Kelly didn’t current any convincing new proof to counter that evaluation. Kelly is serving concurrent sentences in North Carolina, the place he stays in custody.
The court docket has not dominated on the movement for a brand new trial.
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