Former Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, who resigned and plead guilty to obstruction of justice in 2008, was sentenced Tuesday to up to five years for violating his probation. "The sentence was harsher than expected, elicited loud gasps in courtroom," reports The New York Times.
Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner rejected a lengthy, emotional
plea for lenience by Mr. Kilpatrick, and criticized the former mayor for
lying, attempting to portray himself as a victim and ultimately failing
the residents of Detroit. In April, the judge determined that Mr. Kilpatrick had violated his
probation by hiding hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets, in hopes
of keeping the assets from being used to pay the $1 million in
restitution he was ordered to pay to the city of Detroit. At one point,
Mr. Kilpatrick had argued that he could only afford $6 a month to the
beleaguered city, even though he had moved his family into a luxurious
home in a wealthy community near Dallas. As a result of his 'contemptible behavior,' Mr. Kilpatrick must spend
between 18 months and five years behind bars, the judge said Tuesday.
During his scandal-plagued administration, Kilpatrick infamously campaigned for a same-sex marriage ban in Michigan, saying that he didn't "support equal rights for gays because marriage should be a sacred institution between 'a man and a woman.' "
The anti-gay and ethically-challenged mayor was later outed as a serial adulterer. Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff faced multiple felonies after tens of thousands of text messages surfaced, including many sexually explicit ones, that revealed they were having an affair and attempting to payoff witnesses with city funds. This was Kilpatrick's second publicized extramarital affair.
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Trouble always finds Mr. Kilpatrick, doesn't it?
Posted by: Marcus | 25 May 2010 at 14:29
The former mayor was a train wreck just waiting to happen from his firt day in office.0 he should feel lucky that his sentencing is stiffer.
Posted by: Chet | 25 May 2010 at 15:04
Good!
Karma finally catches up to the undeserving and the greedy! The real torture for him will be the lack of
Fat Burgers,French Fries and Black Cherry Sodas in prison..lol
Posted by: Black Pegasus | 25 May 2010 at 18:58
He may hard pressed to find a Black Cherry....uh...soda...in lock up.
Posted by: Honut Sinti | 25 May 2010 at 20:17
He's an ABSOLUTE disgrace! Good Riddance!
Posted by: Isis | 26 May 2010 at 02:32
Good for his azz. He was a low life and now he is just were he belong. I hope he have the hardest time in jail. He used black people for his own personal gain. Hated gay only to find out he was a big wh0re. Better don't drop the soap :) Kama is really a bitch.
Posted by: Anuk | 27 May 2010 at 13:59