After less than a day of deliberations, the jury in the R. Kelly trial has found him not guilty of child pornography.

Jurors informed Judge Vincent Gaughan they had a verdict around 1:30 p.m. He read it half an hour later.

Kelly was charged with 14 counts of child pornography after he allegedly videotaped himself having sex with a girl as young as 13. He faced 4 to 15 years in prison had he been convicted and would have had to register as a sex offender in Illinois.

The key issue in the case was whether the jury thought Kelly was the man on the tape. His attorneys argued Kelly was not.

Edited June 13, 200817 yr by Controlled Chaos

Not sure how I feel about that decision, just glad it won't be on the news anymore. I never really cared and think it got way too much news coverage.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HA HAHAHA OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A JOKE!IT WAS RECORDED WHEN HE WAS PEEING ON HER!

What's the great thing about Junior High girls? I keep getting older, they stay the same age

 

-R Kelly

 

Yes a joke, just like this ruling.

damn, that was quick. With that many counts and that little time, there was probably very little discussion.

Two things:

 

(1) as an Attorney, this just makes me laugh and cry at the same time.

 

(2) as a guy that loves peeing on underage girls, it's good to know that I can get away with it, even with a video tape showing the whole thing.

Damn, and I thought only California jurors were incapable of convicting a celebrity of anything.

you know....in the jurys defense...it's not like there was a videotape or anything....oh wait....never mind!!!!!

you know....in the jurys defense...it's not like there was a videotape or anything....oh wait....never mind!!!!!

 

You probably had a few members of the jury who were R Kelly fans that didnt want to wait until 2030 to get their next album.

 

 

 

Damn, and I thought only California jurors were incapable of convicting a celebrity of anything.

 

R. Kelly's a celebrity?

You probably had a few members of the jury who were R Kelly fans that didnt want to wait until 2030 to get their next album.

Dude....cell phones...

here's a good headline i found....

 

"R. Kelly found not guilty. Prosecution pissed"

 

 

 

Did anybody really expect him to get convicted?

This reminds me of the The Boondocks episode.

This reminds me of the The Boondocks episode.

"You wanna help R. Kelly? Get some counseling for R. Kelly! Introduce him to some older women! Hide his camcorder! But don't pretend that the man is a hero!"

Did anybody really expect him to get convicted?

 

 

Not me. This news came with little shock.

Edited June 14, 200817 yr by robinventura23

That was quick.

I'd heard that the prosecution had done a really poor job on the case before the verdict came in, so I wasn't that surprised.

I'd heard that the prosecution had done a really poor job on the case before the verdict came in, so I wasn't that surprised.

 

 

The girl they claim is on the tape denied it was her on the tape and the only person they could get to say it was her was someone that was proven to have tried to extort money from Kelly.... "a poor job" is an understatement.

Not to mention the tape of a tape of a tape.

I don't really blame the jury in this case.

I don't really blame the jury in this case.

Lol!Then who the hell do you blame?!

R.Kelly will be in trouble again soon enough!

Lol!Then who the hell do you blame?!

 

prosecution. I really doubt celebrity had that much to do with it. I doubt the chicago prosecutors got that out-maneuvered on jury selection. I mean if people seriously believed he was guilty there would've been a mistrial.

 

But these people are instructed to sit their and judge and say whether they absolutely, positively feel he's guilty, or not guilty...not INNOCENT, but not guilty.

 

And with the girl supposedly in the video saying it isn't her, the mole angle, and then the extortionist prosecutor witness, I don't think I'd be able to say guilty.