Sexual abuse of minors, new 20-year sentence for rapper R. Kelly
They overlap with the 30 he's already serving for conspiracy and other feloniesAmerican rapper R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison for child pornography and child sexual abuse .
The sentence will overlap with the 30 years he is already serving . The Chicago court ruling comes after the former R&B star 's violence was captured in footage showing him abusing a 14-year-old girl .
It would be a victory for the defense which - in response to the requests of the prosecution, 25 years to be served at the end of the first sentence - has obtained from the judge that the prison sentence can be superimposed on the existing one . In the past, in fact, the singer had been convicted in Brooklyn of sex trafficking, criminal association and other crimes .
“Kelly is already serving a life sentence because when he gets out of prison he will be in his eighties . In case he survives the 30 years of detention it is unlikely that he will be able to commit other crimes », argued the defense in the courtroom.
(Unioneonline/vf)