Source: Cook County Department of Corrections / Cook County Department of Corrections
Closing arguments took place in the federal court in Brooklyn, NY and R. Kelly’s defense attorney Deveraux Cannick told the jury Kelly is demanding prosecutors prove he’s guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and thrower in Dr. King’s name in the messy presentation.
Cannick actually quoted a part of MLK’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, declaring … “Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press.”