R. Kelly found not guilty

[Syzygys]

I am sooo relieved....

I mean everyone of us can make such a mistakes as having sex with our 13 year old goddaughter and tape it, so I am not the one throwing stones....

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuUbZGigm8uQHShU59PA4I6HcQRw'

I specially liked the mole evidence:

"Defence lawyers argued the man on the tape didn't have a large mole on his back, as Kelly does."

[Oniw17]

It's not like anyone didn't see that coming. It's about time.

[Syzygys]

Time for what? Finding him guilty or ending the trial??

[cosmictraveler]

Reasonable doubt can be cast by very smart lawyers.

[Prince_James]

I want some orange juice. Can anyone go for some OJ?

[Pandaemoni]

I can't say that I know anything about this...save that I heard the defense had members of the girl's family come in and testify that they did not think the girl on the tape was her. Assuming that's true, the tape must have been a POS.

Is there evidence he did it other than the images of (what I guess are) blurry and not obviously indentifiable people on the tape?

[Syzygys]

There is also circumstancial evidence. He likes young girls and used to date them...

"evidence of Kelly's past transgressions, like the four known settlements he's paid to underage girls who've accused him of sexual misconduct. "

Not to mention:

"As Kelly's lawyers mentioned multiple times, the alleged victim in this case—now a 23-year-old woman—told a grand jury that it wasn't her. While 15 friends and relatives testified that the girl in question was indeed on the video, neither the alleged victim nor her parents showed up in court to testify for either side."

[Syzygys]

from Slate:

"R. Kelly's child pornography trial wasn't very complicated. On one side, you've got a 27-minute sex tape. This tape shows a man who looks like R. Kelly giving money to, having sex with, and urinating on someone who looks like his goddaughter, a girl who would've been around 14 at the time. All of this takes place in a log-cabin-style sauna room that looks exactly like R. Kelly's log-cabin-style sauna room. On the other side, you've got the Shaggy defense (It wasn't me!), the Little Man defense (It's my head on some other dude's body!), the Sparkle defense (I was framed by a bunch of money-grubbing lowlifes!), and the "ghost sex" defense (I'm actually not sure what the point of this one was, but there were headless people having sex and it was weird and creepy). On Thursday, the jury retired to weigh the evidence. On Friday, they emerged with a verdict: not guilty on all counts. R. Kelly walks, and Little Man becomes the first Wayans brothers movie to contribute to a man's welfare."

[Orleander]

Anyone see the Boondocks episode about this? Hilarious and enlightening.

[Syzygys]

I just watched the documentary about the Polanski trial. Kind of simlar story ending up a he said, she said argument, Polansky saying the sex was consensual.