R. Kelly dodged an effective life sentence Thursday when a Chicago judge tacked on just one extra year to his 30-year punishment behind bars. The 56-year-old disgraced R&B singer was sentenced in his ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a call from prosecutors to keep R. Kelly behind bars until he is 100, instead telling the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer he would serve all but one ...

CHICAGO -- R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Chicago. Nineteen of the years from this sentence will be served along with his New York sentence, which means he will spend an additional ...

Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a number of child pornography charges, a US federal judge ruled on Thursday, 23rd February. As Associated Press reports, the ...

R. Kelly, once one of the most successful and influential figures in R&B music, had his appeal for a reduced sentence denied by a federal appeals court this week. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A music critic who has spent years covering the alleged abuses of R. Kelly said he has mixed emotions about the disgraced singer being sentenced to only one additional year in prison ...

R. Kelly has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual exploitation and enticement of a minor, following his conviction on six related counts last September in Chicago. The 56-year-old singer is ...

A federal judge on Thursday handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex but said he will serve nearly all of the ...

A federal judge has handed singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison sentence for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and the enticement of minors for sex. File photo: R. Kelly (center) leaves the ...

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