Looks like Hizzoner Kwame Kilpatrick will be pleading guilty when he enters a downtown Detroit courtroom this morning, losing his job, his license to practice law, his pension, and at least for a few months -- his freedom! One person named Cryner said it all:"Bye Kwame, bye Kwame's mama, bye Kwame's daddy, bye Carlita, bye Kwame's sister, bye Kwame's cousins, bye Kwame's friends he went to high school with, bye Kwame's bodyguards, bye Ella Bully, bye Sharon Mcphail, bye lawyers that Kwame isn't going to pay so file your lawsuits early, bye strippers...
...bye hit men, bye Bobby Ferguson and all the other people who won illegal contracts, bye false prophets who call yourselves men of God, bye Monica Conyers and you other City Council crooks (you know who you are). Did I leave anyone out?"
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According to the Detroit Free Press, the Motor City Mayor is due to appear before Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner in his criminal perjury case that all began when he and his former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty were busted have an affair that resulted in a $8.4 million judgement against the city.
Hardball prosecutors, led by African American attorney Kym Worthy, plan to publicly present detail evidence about Kilpatrick's malfeasance whether da mayor agrees to it or not. if convicted of all charges, he faces 15 years in prison.The word is the deal calls for the Kilpatrick, 38, pleading guilty to two felonies -- both counts dealing with obstruction of justice by committing perjury, four months in jail, $1 million in restitution, and five years' probation during which he would not run for office. The mayor also would turn over his state pension to the City of Detroit.
Earlier this week, Worthy had offered the mayor six months in jail. That apparently was lowered to four months by Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who began historic proceedings Wednesday to help her decide whether she will remove Kilpatrick from office, postponed Day 2 of her hearing by an hour today, to 10 a.m., to give Kilpatrick's situation a chance to develop this morning.
Kilpatrick's longtime high school friend and ex-lover Christine Beatty, who also is charged with felonies in the scandal, was not included in any plea discussions Wednesday, her lawyer said. Both were married when the liasons ocurred.
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