Detroit's ex-mayor just got sentenced to 28 years. I'm sure there will be appeals, etc, but at least he's going away for quite a while.
Detroit's ex-mayor just got sentenced to 28 years. I'm sure there will be appeals, etc, but at least he's going away for quite a while.
Good, he deserves it. And maybe now the local news talking heads will SHUT THE berkeley UP ABOUT HIM!
Tom_Spangler wrote: Good, he deserves it. And maybe now the local news talking heads will SHUT THE berkeley UP ABOUT HIM!
What's funny is to hear the local news talking heads say "this is FINALLY the end"- totally ignoring the appeals phase to trials.
He's going to appeal- wouldn't anyone who gets a 28 year sentence?
So we will hear more about it.
Good. Glad he got (I think) the maximum.
Woohoo! One crooked politician behind bars! Only 73,698 to go!
This article says Ferguson gets sentenced tomorrow.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/10/kwame-kilpatrick-sentenced-prison-detroit-corruption_n_4066248.html
Prosecutors say Kilpatrick used the mayor's office to steer $127 million in contracts to Ferguson, a contractor and head of Ferguson Enterprises. Ferguson was convicted by a jury of nine out of 11 counts he faced during trial. He will be sentenced Friday. Prosecutors say Ferguson netted a profit of $9.6 million,
Free Jon Corzine!!!... Oh, wait....
1988RedT2 wrote: Woohoo! One crooked politician behind bars! Only every other one in the country to go!
My take
alfadriver wrote: He's going to appeal- wouldn't anyone who gets a 28 year sentence?
Perhaps, but appeals are much harder to win because you lose the benefit of the doubt.
In reply to codrus:
I think he'll get to be in prison, but this isn't the end, for sure.
I bet there will be at least 2 appeals. Being a federal case- it's track to the SCOTUS, but I don't think they will get it- it will stop below that.
Anybody that knows Kwame (not that we KNOW him, but we know him) knows that he'll work the system to the fullest extent possible. If he's 100% certain that he'll lose his appeal he'll still appeal simply because he can. Simply because it makes trouble for others. Simply so he can say he's being persecuted. Simply because he's a monumental DB.
Now, for more news........ What's Robert Ficano up to?
Tom_Spangler wrote: Good, he deserves it. And maybe now the local news talking heads will SHUT THE berkeley UP ABOUT HIM!
his role model will probably be Marion Barry... convicted, sentenced, RE-ELECTED .. so don't expect the media to leave him alone
wbjones wrote:Tom_Spangler wrote: Good, he deserves it. And maybe now the local news talking heads will SHUT THE berkeley UP ABOUT HIM!his role model will probably be Marion Barry... convicted, sentenced, RE-ELECTED .. so don't expect the media to leave him alone
Exactly. When the majority of voters are thugs, thugs will be elected. No surprise there.
Fancion Stinger is now a news girl in Indy, after she got fired from a Detroit tv station for dating someone involved in the Synagro deal. The list of lives damaged by this goon is huge. And Kwame has zero remorse. 28 years isn't long enough.
Close to the max he could get. NPR said he was facing up to thirty. And yes, he will appeal, if for no other reason than it will keep him out of prison for a little longer. I can't say anyone in that situation would do differently. Glad he's going away, though.
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