Current Events > Chicago drops R. Kelly sex assault charges because he already faced 'justice'

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Basically they decided that he's facing enough prison from other charges so there's no point in "wasting money" on pursuing further charges against him. Which... I guess that's a very practical angle to take, but it's still kind of a slap to the victims that haven't had their day in court.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64471490

A Chicago prosecutor is dropping sexual abuse and assault charges against singer R Kelly, who is already facing decades in prison after being convicted of federal charges.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx has said her office "will no longer be pursuing these indictments" and will ask a judge to dismiss those charges.

"Sometimes justice is served even when there is no conviction," she said.

The charges date back to as far as 1998.

"Due to the extensive sentences that these convictions hold, our office has decided not to continue to expend our limited resources and court time with the indictments that we previously charged Mr. Kelly," Ms Foxx said.

She said resources will be put to better use to prosecute other sexual offenders.

Sounds sensible. He'll be locked away for decades anyway.

Imagine being a child who was sexually abused by R Kelly, and a state prosecutor says "shhhhh, hes got it bad enough already".

This is awful.

Looks like R Kelly is getting let out of the closet

Isnt he super rich and famous? I thought rich people could buy their way out. I know hes black, but green wins over black (and every other color under the sun) all day long.

maybe theres too much evidence or something (honestly havent been keeping up with it) that not even money can save.

This is a good idea, no point in wasting tax money like this.
Now I'm sure they're gonna use that money for something valuable to help pe- pffthaha

That reasoning is pure bull FUCKING shit.

Honor and respect the victims.

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

Imagine being a child who was sexually abused by R Kelly, and a state prosecutor says "shhhhh, hes got it bad enough already".

This is awful.

Thats not how Im reading it.

More like, Hell likely die in there already, so were going to use our budget elsewhere

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The impact is that it's not the automatic slam dunk it would otherwise be if he were convicted.

That said, I assume that the prosecution would be willing to share the evidence it's acquired.