Posts Tagged ‘r. kelly trial’

The R. Kelly trial is over, but it still has some juice: Lisa “3-Way Basketball Court Booty Call” Van Allen told prosecutors that one of R. MORE »

I believe that's 'merced', as in 'killed by a (gang) mercenary'

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The R. Kelly trial is over, but it still has some juice: Lisa “3-Way Basketball Court Booty Call” Van Allen told prosecutors that one of R. MORE »

I believe that's 'merced', as in 'killed by a (gang) mercenary'

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R. Kelly attorney Sam Adam Jr. has publicly apologized to Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana for dragging her name into the Gary Coleman and X-rated-snowman-filled closing arguments of his client’s trial last week. “This wasn’t a gardener or the man down the street or a janitor,” Adam’s argument went. MORE »


R. Kelly attorney Sam Adam Jr. has publicly apologized to Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana for dragging her name into the Gary Coleman and X-rated-snowman-filled closing arguments of his client’s trial last week. “This wasn’t a gardener or the man down the street or a janitor,” Adam’s argument went. MORE »


R. Kelly Jury Just Glad To Never See The Tape Again

While post-trial commentary has sweated R. Kelly’s fame, the Little Man defense, and other colorful parts of the recently concluded circus, jurors in the six-years-in-the-running child pornography trial claim that the reasonable doubt (or “grayness,” as one juror described it) that resulted in their “not guilty” verdict revolved around the identity of the girl in the video, not as to whether Chuck and Keith had grafted Kelly’s head onto another fellow’s watersports so Stephanie “Sparkle” Edwards and her minions could tarnish Kells’ good name. Had the alleged victim or her parents corroborated her identity in the video, or had three family members not testified for the defense, the case may have had a very different outcome, mole or no mole. MORE »

I entirely agree the vote would have swung if the jury had been made aware of that previous information. I know it's a legal principle that an accused is tried on the basis of the actual incident-at-hand and not on his overall character or history, but I would've argued tooth-and-nail that that information was relevant as it displayed a consistent course of action pointing to a prediliction. I don't know what the prosecution did in Chicago but I'm sure that would've been allowed in other jurisdictions.

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The R. Kelly Verdict: A Nation Reacts

AP080613027707.jpgFrom time to time, we like to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Recent events, however, have caused us to canvass the Internet for initial reactions to the acquittal of R. Kelly, which came down earlier today: MORE »

The Ultimate in Vanity
Exploiting Their Supremacy
I Can't Believe the Things You Say
I Can't Believe
I Can't Believe the Price You Pay
Nothing Can Save You

Justice Is Lost
Justice Is Raped
Justice Is Gone
Pulling Your Strings
Justice Is Done
Seeking No Truth
Winning Is All
Find it So Grim
So True
So Real

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Breaking: R. Kelly Is Not Guilty

MSNBC has just reported that R. Kelly has been found not guilty on all of the 14 counts that were leveled against him in his child pornography trial. MORE »

Jigga, Kelly, not guilty.

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It’s been about 24 hours since they started deliberations, but jurors in the R. Kelly trial are apparently already reaching their boiling point: One juror nearly got kicked off the trial because he yelled at a waiter and smashed a bottle on his table after waiting half an hour to be served at a… MORE »

Yeah, our servers up and died just in time for actual news to break. I love machines!

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It’s been about 24 hours since they started deliberations, but jurors in the R. Kelly trial are apparently already reaching their boiling point: One juror nearly got kicked off the trial because he yelled at a waiter and smashed a bottle on his table after waiting half an hour to be served at a… MORE »

Yeah, our servers up and died just in time for actual news to break. I love machines!

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Closing Arguments Begin In R. Kelly Trial: A Look Back

AP080612011710.jpgDespite the CGI shenanigans and shady witnesses, there really isn’t much for R. Kelly’s jury to deliberate. “It’s not a complicated case,” law professor Leonard Cavise told the Chicago Sun-Times. “You either think it’s her and it’s him [on the tape], or you’re done.” The prosecution, which opened its closing arguments this morning, must convince members of the jury that they are indeed watching R. Kelly get wet and wild with an underage girl. The defense, on the other hand, has to make the jury believe that nobody knows what the hell is on the tape, or how it got there. So how do their cases stack up? MORE »

@Anthony Miccio: and I totally misused the word "pederast." Damn you, Big Lebowski.

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