CHICAGO (AP) – A federal judge is set to sentence singer R. Kelly for his Chicago convictions of child pornography and enticement. The 56-year-old will learn at Thursday’s hearing if he must spend the rest of his life behind bars or have some hope of getting out. The central question for the judge is whether to order that Kelly serve a new sentence only after he completes a 30-year sentence imposed last year in New York for racketeering and sex trafficking. Prosecutors want a 25-year sentence served consecutively, which would be tantamount to a life sentence. The defense wants a sentence of around 10 years, served simultaneously with the New York sentence.
