R. Kelly Formally Asks Trump to Commute 30-Year Sentence
Kelly has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his 30-year sentence, according to court records made public this week by the Office of the Pardon Attorney. The request for commutation, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune, is listed as currently pending and is not asking Trump for a full pardon.
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Kelly has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his 30-year sentence, according to court records made public this week by the Office of the Pardon Attorney. The request for commutation, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune, is listed as currently pending and is not asking Trump for a full pardon. It comes a little over a year after his attorney Beau Brindley filed an emergency motion seeking the singer’s immediate release from federal custody to home detention, claiming that his life was in danger and accusing the government of misconduct. Kelly‘s legal team provided a sworn declaration from a terminally ill inmate who stated that officials offered him freedom in his final days in exchange for Kelly’s murder.
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- Kelly has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his 30-year sentence, according to court records made public this week by the Office of the Pardon Attorney. The request for commutation, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune, is listed as currently pending and is not asking Trump for a full pardon.
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R. Kelly Formally Asks Trump to Commute 30-Year Sentence
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