Recording artist R. Kelly is serving a 30-year sentence for his racketeering and sex trafficking conviction. In the last days, the Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal on claims that prosecutors “stretched” the law in the convictions against him. The justices denied an appeal last month.

Now, Kelly wants to be released to home detention, claiming that federal authorities are plotting to kill Kelly in prison. A defense motion claims Kelly’s former cellmate conspired with prison officials to steal mail between him and his attorneys and turn it over to prosecutors before his trial.

Kelly’s attorneys also claimed prison officials recruited a fellow prison inmate to kill Kelly to keep him from exposing the plot.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Additional Guests

Lisa Van Allen – Victim, testified against R Kelly

Vincent Hill –  Private Investigator, Author of “Playbook to a Murder”

Robyn Walensky – Crime Stories Investigative Reporter

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[Feature Photo: FiLE — In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly turns to exit during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building, in Chicago. A federal judge gave the green light Thursday, April 15, 2021, to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)]