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R. Kelly petitions U.S. Supreme Court to overturn sex crimes convictions based on statute of limitations (www.ctvnews.ca)

The disgraced R&B singer’s defence attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, has filed a petition to the Supreme Court, requesting to throw out his Chicago conviction for possession of child pornography and enticing minors to engage in sexual activity, claiming that the charges should be barred by the statute of limitations....

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Merits of the request aside (because I really have no clue) how does this possibly help him?

Does he think the entire world is just going to forget he was originally convicted? That we are just going to go “Oh – there’s that guy who wasn’t ever found guilty of looking at child porn and doing sex things with kids”?

Do people who are convicted of stuff then acquitted on technicalities really think that the public just forget all their past crimes because a piece of paper says “sorry – they were prosecuted one day too late”?

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But (and I admit this is where my knowledge of what’s going on in the US gets a bit sketchy because I live in the UK and – okay – don’t care all that much) wasn’t Cosby’s conviction overturned on a technicality? And as far as I can tell he hasn’t regained his former glory and former status as “America’s Dad”?

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“It would vacate his conviction and get him out of prison. His life after may not be great, but he still has money.”

That I can understand – the getting out of prison part. (Sorry – I don’t pay any attention to most of this and really wasn’t aware he was in jail).

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