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Jurgen Schmieder, Los Angeles
Robert Sylvester Kelly just stared down as the six women read their statements; and it is important that he did. In American criminal trials, it is common for victims to be able to speak before the sentence is announced – it is no longer about what the perpetrator did. That was settled at trial, and the jury ruled this fall that R. Kelly was guilty of all charges: human trafficking, kidnapping, sexual assault, sexual exploitation of a minor, bribery.