R. Kelly Should Get 25 Years in Prison, Federal Prosecutors Say

Federal prosecutors in New York told a judge Wednesday (June 8) that R. Kelly should go to prison for more than 25 years

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following his conviction last year on sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

The singer, they said, “avoided punishment for them for almost 30 years and must now be held to account.”

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After decades of accusations of sexual misconduct, Kelly was convicted in September on nine counts

In a brief filed Wednesday, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn urged Judge Ann M.

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He plans to appeal the verdict, but not before he’s sentenced on June 29.

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