Posted on 06/13/2008 12:58:29 PM PDT by frankjr
A Cook County jury on Friday acquitted R&B superstar R. Kelly of child pornography charges, marking the end of a high-profile trial rich in courtroom drama and celebrity intrigue.
The 41-year-old singer, whose real name is Robert Kelly, long denied charges that he videotaped himself engaging in a variety of sex acts with his then-underage goddaughter. Authorities said the female in the video could have been as young as 13 at the time.
The jury of nine men and three women deliberated for 7 ½ hours before finding Kelly not guilty on all 14 counts.
As the verdicts kept coming in, each count not guilty, Adam said he heard Kelly saying "Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus."
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
As for the now 23 y/o woman and her family, I can't imagine any explanation for their lack of cooperation other than hiding this singer's guilt. If someone told me that I could help put a pedophile in prison, I'd fly there at my own expense to help. If I thought it was a case of mistaken identity, I'd help resolve the error so that, like OJ, they could start looking for the real victim. I want nothing to do with any of these losers, including with the prosecutor who went through the motions so ineffectively.
All I know is that it is too bad that Chappelle Show isn’t still on the air. I’m sure he could come up with a hilarious encore to his R. Kelly skit.
He don’t did it!
This link says that there were 8 whites and 4 blacks on the jury.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1587585/20080515/kelly_r.jhtml
I did search on “Kelly” but for some reason, nothing popped up. You be fast P-Dogg (keeping with the R. Kelly hip hop theme)!
My god there was video of the offense! Care to bet that all 12 people on the jury thought he was innocent? I'm betting that this was classic jury nullification.
Mind you, I have some great and decent friends in the African-American community. There are tons of hard working, kind and decent African-Americans out there. There is however another group who are angry, nasty and dishonest. These people are no better than the nasty racists from the south who were lynching blacks and getting off scott free in the 40's, 50's and 60's.
Do we know the race profile of the jury? Its obvious that blacks and whites have a different belief system. OJ jury was predominantly black and 80% of all blacks at the time believed he was innocent vs. only about 25% of all whites.
Most Black pastors are supporting Obama eventhough he believes in infantacide and homosexual marriage??????????????? There is a real disconnect between blacks and everyone else - the race baiting diversity mongers have made a real impact on our society.
The “bump and grind” dude gets off... surprise, surprise.
It’s not the justice system that’s broken. It’s all the black people who love to “circle the ‘hood” when a black celebrity is accused of a crime.
The OJ case was weak? Yeah, right.
The jury decided he was on the tape but because the victim didn't testify they acquit? When I've served, the judge instructed specifically not to read anything into the victim not testifying and not to give it any weight.
Great answer!
So who are they angry at, the alleged black victim? You are making a ridiculous, far fetched assumption. If an all white jury acquitted a white celeb under the exact same circumstances, you would not say that is was because the celeb is white, yet if any black person says that it was because he is white, you would yell, “race baiting” and “race card”.
8 whites on the jury. 4 blacks.
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