Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Handed 28-Year Prison Sentence For Corruption
Says, "The people here are suffering, they're hurting. A great deal of that hurt I accept responsibility for"
DETROIT | Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a crisis-laden city even deeper into trouble.
Kilpatrick, who served as mayor from 2002 until fall 2008, fattened his bank account by tens of thousands of dollars, traveled the country in private planes and even strong-armed his campaign fundraiser for stacks of cash hidden in her bra, according to evidence at trial.
"I'm ready to go so the city can move on," Kilpatrick told the judge. "The people here are suffering, they're hurting. A great deal of that hurt I accept responsibility for."
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It always astounds me how quick the letter ‘D’ disappears next to the name of a politician convicted of a crime. Yet, the letter ‘R’ is always visible. Funny that.