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Kwame Kilpatrick

DETROIT (AP) - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to plead guilty to obstruction charges and will step down after more than six years leading the nation's 11th-largest city.
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Former US mayor jailed for lying

The former mayor of Detroit Kwame Kilpatrick is jailed for four months for lying in connection with a sex scandal.
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Kwame Kilpatrick History & Civil Business Politics

I am glad that he is doing his time. I still believe that four months means he is getting off easy.

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A jury has convicted former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of most of the federal charges against him -- including racketeering, extortion and filing false tax returns -- in his public corruption case, CNN affiliate WDIV reports.

Kilpatrick is accused of running a criminal enterprise through the mayor's office to enrich himself through bid-rigging and extortion, and using nonprofit funds for personal gain.

He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. Ref. CNN

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick today was sentenced to 28 years in prison after he was convicted in March on two dozen federal charges.

The charges included racketeering, extortion and filing false tax returns. He was accused of using the mayor's office to enrich himself and associates.

Before he was sentenced, Kilpatrick apologized in court. "I say with every morsel of my being that I'm sorry to you," He said. Ref. CNN