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R.Kelly EDNY Trial Judge Said No Call In
Line Now A Request For Pool of 6 But No
Line
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Song Podcast
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FEDERAL COURT,
July 22 – There was an R.Kelly
arraignment amid the COVID-19
pandemic on April 30 before
U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Cheryl
L. Pollak. It
was short -
not guilty
plea - but
revealed that
the
Metropolitan
Correctional
Center in
Chicago has a
new medical
report on
R.Kelly that
may become
part of a
renewed bail
application.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it here;
more on
Patreon here.
On
February 1,
Inner City
Press reported
that Richard
Airline was
set to plead guilty
on February 2.
And on
February 2, it
happened.
Inner City
Press live
tweeted it here.
On June
30, Judge Ann
M. Donnelly
has released
her jury questionnaire
including:
"Do you
or have you
read any
books, blogs,
social media
sites or other
websites about
celebrities or
crimes,
including
sexual abuse,
or watch or
listen to any
TV programs,
movies,
podcasts or
documentaries
about
celebrities or
crimes,
including
sexual abuse?"
Then
Judge Donnelly
said that for
the trial, no
media in the
courtroom
and no call in
line. The
latter is ridiculous,
as
throughout the
COVID
pandemic there
have been call in
lines, and
still are in
the SDNY for
example Judge
Rakoff's
Sidney Scales
trial. Some
media wrote
in, concluding
" The
proposed
pool of six
would still
allow for
social
distancing and
masking in the
courtroom.
We therefore
respectfully
request that
this Court
reconsider its
order limiting
press
access
to this trial,
and in
recognition of
the First
Amendment
right of
access, permit
a limited pool
of
reporters to
attend this
important
trial
in-person."
But
why not
requesting a
call-in line,
such as Inner
City Press
requested and
obtained elsewhere?
We'll
have more on
this, and related
issues.
Inner City Press will continue
to follow and report on the
case. It is US v. Robert
Sylvester Kelly, a/k/a R.
Kelly, EDNY Docket No.
19-cr-286 (AMD). More on Patreon here.
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