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Friday, October 11, 2013

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick set to rest in Prison for 28 years




 DETROIT, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A federal judge gave former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick the sentence requested by prosecutors Thursday -- 28 years behind bars.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds said the evidence was overwhelming that Kilpatrick and his longtime friend, Bobby Ferguson, a contractor for the city, defrauded Detroit in a bid-rigging and kickback scheme, the Detroit Free Press reported. Ferguson is usually to be sentenced Friday.

"One thing is certain," Edmunds said. "It was the citizens of Detroit who suffered."

Testimony showed that Kilpatrick and Ferguson put pressure on city officials to keep their scheme running, Edmunds said. She also said Kilpatrick lived well while presiding over what has become one of the poorest cities in the United States. Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in July.
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