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TexasTowelie

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Thu Jul 6, 2017, 06:02 AM Jul 2017

Kwame Kilpatrick wants his public corruption prison sentence tossed

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is continuing efforts to get his public corruption sentence tossed aside.

Kilpatrick has filed a motion asking a federal judge to vacate an order that he serve 28 years in prison. He was found guilty in 2013 after resigning in 2008 as mayor due to another scandal.

Kilpatrick is being held in a federal prison in Oklahoma. He argues in a motion filed last week that he was convicted of activities that were not against the law and received inadequate assistance from his trial attorney.

He also claims to only have 96 cents in a prison account that allows him to pay for personal items and telephone calls.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/07/05/kwame-kilpatrick-public-corruption-prison-sentence/452789001/

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Kwame Kilpatrick wants his public corruption prison sentence tossed (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
I wish he would just go away MichMan Jul 2017 #1
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