Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced to Prison for 18 Months to 5 Years
(Wall Street Journal) — Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick got hit with a stiff prison sentence this morning ─ 18 months to 5 years ─ for violating the terms of his probation.An “audible gasp” erupted in the courtroom when Judge David Groner announced the sentence, according to this account from the Detroit Free Press. (HT: Sentencing Law and Policy blog).To recap, Kilpatrick in 2008 pleaded guilty to obstructing justice by committing perjury in connection with an investigation into text messages he had sent his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty.
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