R Kelly sentenced to 20 more years in jail-Zimmagazine
A judge sentenced R. Kelly, the once high-flying R&B star-turned-convicted sex offender, to 20 years in prison Thursday on another set of crimes, including several child pornography charges.

A judge sentenced R. Kelly, the once high-flying R&B star-turned-convicted sex offender, to 20 years in prison Thursday on another set of crimes, including several child pornography charges.

But 19 of those years will be served concurrently with his existing prison time, meaning only one year gets added to the end of his previous 30-year sentence.

Kelly, 56, was found guilty in September on three counts of child pornography and three counts of child enticement but was acquitted of a fourth pornography count, as well as a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him of fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.

He is already serving 30 years for his 2021 racketeering and trafficking convictions in New York. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison following the racketeering sentence, imposed last year in New York.

Prosecutors in a sentencing memo last week recommended Kelly serve 25 additional years and that he serve it consecutively to the New York federal case sentence, meaning the former music star would essentially spend the rest of his life behind bars. With Thursday’s sentence, though, Kelly will serve no more than 31 years. That means he will be eligible for release at around age 80, providing him some hope of one day leaving prison alive.

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