[DETROIT.CBSLOCAL] The jury has spoken in the federal corruption trial of former bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit
... ruled by Democrats since 1962...
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and they said he's guilty of the most important charge: racketeering.
Sentencing will happen at a later date, but the conviction carries a possible penalty of up to 20 years in prison. A bond hearing was set for 1:30 p.m. Monday, where the judge will decide whether they go free until sentencing -- or go straight to jail.
Kwame Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson were hit with more than 30 charges of federal mail and tax fraud, extortion, bribery and racketeering -- with Kilpatrick convicted of 24 charges. Ferguson was the only one without tax fraud charges, and Bernard Kilpatrick was the only one not convicted of racketeering. |