R. Kelly seeks sentence commutation from Trump, not full

Disgraced R&B singer has formally asked POTUS to commute his 31-year federal prison sentence

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Source R. Kelly is making another bid to get out of prison, this time by asking U.S. President Donald Trump to commute his 31-year federal sentence. According to court records released this week by the Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney, Kelly’s request is currently pending. As first reported by the Chicago Tribune, he is not seeking a full pardon. Instead, he wants a commutation, which could reduce or end his prison sentence but would leave his federal convictions intact, KTLA News reports. Not eligible for release until 2046 Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted in September 2021 on nine federal counts tied to racketeering and violations of the Mann Act involving the sexual exploitation of children, The Guardian reports. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June 2022. Then, in February 2023, he received another 20-year sentence in a...

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