Appeals court upholds R. Kelly's Chicago conviction for sex crimes

CHICAGO -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly's conviction on federal sex crimes in Chicago, and his 20-year prison sentence, calling the punishment he faces 'substantially fair.'The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected arguments from Kelly's attorneys that his indictment on child pornography and child enticement charges was filed after the statute of limitations had expired.

In September 2022, a federal jury in Chicago convicted Kelly of six counts of child pornography and child enticement for videos he made of himself sexually abusing three teenage girls, including his 14-year-old goddaughter.The same jury acquitted Kelly of seven other charges, including obstruction of justice, accusing him and two associates of rigging his 2008 child pornography trial in Cook County.

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