R. Kelly acquitted of all child porn counts.

OrByte

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acquitted?

Im not interested in learning all about the case but...wasn't there a vid of him and an underage girl going at it?

how can he be acquitted of that!?
 

RightIsWrong

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Originally posted by: OrByte
acquitted?

Im not interested in learning all about the case but...wasn't there a vid of him and an underage girl going at it?

how can he be acquitted of that!?

This is pretty much my thoughts on the whole thing.
 

woodie1

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Saw the story headlines these past few weeks. Didn't read any of them - don't care.
 

mxyzptlk

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GEEZ, what the fuck is wrong with this country and its legal system?! It's like the boondocks episode come to life. Excuse me while I go riot with Cornel West at this injustice!

Also, earlier today after hearing about this book (The Prosectution of George W. Bush for Murder) I was all excited about crazy ideas like justice, but now I realize that if a child-pissing R&B singer and washed up football player turned crappy actor can be acquitted then a wealthy son of privilege like Bush would have no problem walking.

This whole damn system is fucked up. I used to think it was the systemic racism that was so offensive, but now I see that it is plainly class based. Rich people just can't be committed for crimes, no matter how heinous.


 

MovingTarget

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Shocked? Hardly. He has be best lawye...errr....justice money can buy!

The rest of us would've had the book thrown at us within a matter of months.
 

Dari

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I saw one of those videos and tried to pee on a girl I was dating. The look on her face had my piss go in reverse and I never tried again. Not sure how he got away with it.
 

jonks

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"The truth be told, there is no mole ... that means one thing," Adam told jurors, then paused and lowered his voice. "It ain't him. And if it ain't him, you can't convict."

That lawyer obviously went to Johhny Cochrane University, but must have skipped Rhyme 101. Told != mole. JC would be displeased.
 

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Originally posted by: jonks
"The truth be told, there is no mole ... that means one thing," Adam told jurors, then paused and lowered his voice. "It ain't him. And if it ain't him, you can't convict."

That lawyer obviously went to Johhny Cochrane University, but must have skipped Rhyme 101. Told != mole. JC would be displeased.

If the mole you don't see, then my client didn't pee!
 

OrByte

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Originally posted by: toekramp
Originally posted by: jonks
"The truth be told, there is no mole ... that means one thing," Adam told jurors, then paused and lowered his voice. "It ain't him. And if it ain't him, you can't convict."

That lawyer obviously went to Johhny Cochrane University, but must have skipped Rhyme 101. Told != mole. JC would be displeased.

If the mole you don't see, then my client didn't pee!

If the mole isn't there...then he didn't pee in her hair! :)
 

owensdj

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The person the prosecution claims was 13 in the video said it wasn't her, and many of her family members testified it wasn't her. Defense said the absence of a mole in the man in the video shows it wasn't R. Kelly. If the jury thought either of these might be true, that's reasonable doubt right there. I'm not surprised he was found Not Guilty.
 

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Originally posted by: owensdj
The person the prosecution claims was 13 in the video said it wasn't her, and many of her family members testified it wasn't her. Defense said the absence of a mole in the man in the video shows it wasn't R. Kelly. If the jury thought either of these might be true, that's reasonable doubt right there. I'm not surprised he was found Not Guilty.

Besides the fact it was obvious consentual which makes it just anpother witch hunt in U.S.

Color me surprised

One foot on the bible, the other in the sewer.
 

fskimospy

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The defense was basically that all the people supposedly depicted in the video said it wasn't them in it, the 'victim' included. Do I think he did it? Oh hell yes. Is the denial of the person he supposedly had sex a pretty strong indicator of reasonable doubt? I'd say so.
 

mxyzptlk

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Originally posted by: eskimospy
The defense was basically that all the people supposedly depicted in the video said it wasn't them in it, the 'victim' included. Do I think he did it? Oh hell yes. Is the denial of the person he supposedly had sex a pretty strong indicator of reasonable doubt? I'd say so.

Seems to me like it's a strong indicator that her and her family were paid off.... but that's just my opinion..


oh and I found a transcript of the girl's testimony..

Tom Dubois: Now, young lady, I know this can be hard to talk about.
The Underaged Girl: Naw, it's cool.
Tom Dubois: How old were you when you were "seeing" Mr. Kelly.
The Underaged Girl: Um, 14 and a quarter.
Tom Dubois: Wow, thats a great age, isn't it? Still learning so much about the world.
The Underaged Girl: Whatever, I guess.
Tom Dubois: Can you describe the events leading up to the shooting of the video?
The Underaged Girl: Yeah, he asked if he could pee on me, and I said fo sho. I mean, it's R Kelly, the pied piper of R&B. I've been peed on by guys who don't even have record deals. Shit, if I didn't wanna get peed on, I would have moved out the way!
 

eleison

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Originally posted by: eskimospy
The defense was basically that all the people supposedly depicted in the video said it wasn't them in it, the 'victim' included. Do I think he did it? Oh hell yes. Is the denial of the person he supposedly had sex a pretty strong indicator of reasonable doubt? I'd say so.

Child pornography charges are suppose to protect the kids. Assuming the prosecution was "in the right", no one got harmed, but yet the DA keep on going. I think the USA lost sight of what child pornography cases are all about (protecting kids).
 

ericlp

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for a cool 2-3 million I'm sure any of you would say it wasn't her in the video.

 

Bitek

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Doesn't matter, everyone's only ever going to remember "I piss on you...I pee on you..." Thank you Dave Chappelle.

Does that hack still have a career anyway?