Jury picked in R. Kelly child porn case

By Michael Tarm and Don Babwin
Updated August 17 2022 - 10:23am, first published 10:20am
R&B singer R. Kelly has already been sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing young fans. (AP PHOTO)
R&B singer R. Kelly has already been sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing young fans. (AP PHOTO)

A federal jury has been empanelled in R. Kelly's hometown of Chicago to decide multiple charges against the R&B singer, as prosecutors and defence lawyers argued toward the end of the process about whether the government was improperly attempting to keep some Black people from the jury.

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