The lawyer for convicted singer R. Kelly, said in a statement June 19 that he plans to file a motion to vacate Kelly's convictions for sex crimes.

A judge has denied R. Kelly’s emergency bid to get released from prison to home confinement over accusations that officials solicited an inmate to murder him. Robert Kelly, who is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for charges related to the sexual exploitation of children,

A judge in Chicago determined she has no jurisdiction to rule on Kelly's claims that prison officials are plotting to kill him behind bars in North Carolina.