R. Kelly Asks Trump Administration for Prison Release in Official Clemency Petition

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Disgraced R&B star Robert Sylvester Kelly has formally petitioned the Trump administration for a commutation of his 30-year prison sentence. According to the Office of the Pardon Attorney, the request for a Commutation of Sentence was filed this year and is currently listed as ending. A lawyer representing the singer had been publicly lobbying the president for over a year prior to this official filing, as first reported by the Chicago Tribune regarding the legal case.