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Former Detroit Mayor Sentenced to Prison for Perjury

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced on May 24 to between 18 months and five years in prison after he was convicted of lying in court and hiding assets that could have been used to repay money he owes the city. Kilpatrick?s political career as mayor of Detroit and as a Michigan state representative has been riddled with misuse of public funds, and illegal attempts to cover them up. Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice after text message records between him and his former chief of staff Christine Beatty revealed that he lied while under oath, according to the Detroit News. Within two hours of his sentencing, Kilpatrick was clad in yellow prison garb and shipped to a Michigan state prison in Jackson. His attorneys said they would be asking the Michigan Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of his sentence, while they work on an appeal to the decision handed down by Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on May 27, 2010 (boomark / email).