Right, that was all done BEFORE the Feds convicted him, and they’d started this case and begged those victims to come forward because they wanted to ensure he’d be put away. But now that he’s indeed been put away, there is no need to drag this prosecution out further. While that might cause emotional pain to the victims, it wouldn’t be a sound reasonable or financial decision to still move ahead.

Also, if on some crazy twist R Kelly got out of the federal penitentiary, there is no statute of limitations on sex crimes and Chicago could bring this up again in the future at their own behest. This Chicago case and what they’ve gathered thus far will always be available to go after him again if need be. The need it just not there at this time. It’d be unreasonable to spend the kind of money this will cost to move ahead knowing he won’t likely leave prison alive already. Like it or not emotionally, that’s the most logical conclusion at this time.

And that is precisely what I mean by letting emotion rule over being objective and reasonable.

It costs EVERYONE a shit ton of money to hold any length trial, but especially a lengthy, high profile one like this. The costs associated with moving ahead with this would be astronomical.

Yeah, that’s not how it works. I too have empathy for the victims, but I also understand how real life works. And allocating multiple millions of dollars to nothing but a symbolic gesture would be wasteful spending of the other millions of Chicago taxpayers dollars. You can have empathy without allowing it to blind you, you can feel bad for what these victims have been through and still be objective and rational. And the reality is, this man is already likely going to die in prison for what he’s done, piling on isn’t going to change anything. Whether you like it or not. Intensive therapy will help these victims far more than any additional conviction will. I hope they get it.

You said exactly “This is how my brother ended up in prison on a lighter sentence than he deserved.” I didn’t make that up, YOU said that.

You’re letting your emotions speak. If those victims feel like R. Kelly’s 30 year federal sentence isn’t already enough simply because their names aren’t attached to that conviction, they need to seek intensive therapy. No prison sentence is going to fix that. It’s unreasonable to suggest that a separate conviction with their name on it would fix what’s going on with their mental and emotional state. Revenge never feels as good as you think it will. Therapy does though.

If you’re the DA and you’re meant to be objective and have the responsibility to allocate taxpayer dollars for what will benefit the majority, you don’t go being wasteful so you can exact revenge on someone whose already convicted on similar charges, that someone being a 56yr old man who is not going to get out of prison for at least another 25 years. That would be irrational, wasteful. That would be a move that would be fueled by emotion, not rationale, logic or be seen as a sound financial decision.

But R Kelly didn’t get a lighter sentence, this case is nothing like your brothers. R Kelly already got sentenced to 30 years of Fed time, and fed time is stricter than state time is. Even with good behavior he’d still have to serve 25.5 years of the sentance he received from the Feds. He will most likely die in prison already with the sentence he’s already received, or be released at 81 years old, if he even lives that long. If that’s not Justice I don’t know what is. Just because those specific accusers names aren’t attached to that trial sentencing paperwork doesn’t mean they’ve not gotten justice. The man that abused them will not be able to hurt anyone else because he won’t see the light of day. That has to be enough. Anything else is a purely emotional desire for vengeance, not rooted in healthy objective reasoning. Spending millions of dollars on a trial to appease emotions but that won’t make a difference in keeping this man in prison longer than he’s already sentenced to would only be a symbolic gesture. It’d be nothing but a waste of a shitton of Chicago taxpayer dollars. And that wouldn’t be a sound financial decision.

It makes sense. It’d be a huge waste of taxpayer money to follow through with this indictment when he’s already locked up on the same type of charges by the Feds anyway. He won’t soon see the light of day, so what’s the point besides a VERY costly symbolic gesture? I hope the accusers in this case can see this as a reasonable objective decision. It really does make sound financial sense for the taxpayers of Chicago.