Detroit Mayor gets 28 Years

Kwame Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit was sentenced today to 28 years in the slammer. It is probably the stiffest sentence for any public corruption case ever. And he deserves every minute of it.
I have a friend who works for the Prosecutor and he stated that the corruption was so widespread that they had a hard time deciding which people to go after.
So sad that Kwame could not handle the office intrusted to him . He had a very bright future, even appeared at the Democratic Convention to speak. Justice Has been served . Bob

I haven't been following it. What were the charges?

"Kwame Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit was sentenced today to 28 years in the slammer. It is probably the stiffest sentence for any public corruption case ever. And he deserves every minute of it.
I have a friend who works for the Prosecutor and he stated that the corruption was so widespread that they had a hard time deciding which people to go after.
So sad that Kwame could not handle the office intrusted to him . He had a very bright future, even appeared at the Democratic Convention to speak. Justice Has been served . Bob " -------- DRMilled- You say he appeared at the Democratic convention to speak and he had a very bright future- I find that both hilarious and fitting. Another corrupt Democrat with a "bright future", just amazing. If Obama had a brother....

Mr. Kilpatrick was sentenced today; he had been convicted on corruption charges on 11 March 2013.

"Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of 24 charges including a racketeering conspiracy charge that carries a maximum punishment of 20 years behind bars. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and lived far beyond his means while in office until fall 2008.

Prosecutors said Kilpatrick ran a 'private profit machine' out of Detroit's City Hall. The government presented evidence to show he got a share of the spoils after ensuring that Bobby Ferguson's excavating company was awarded millions in work from the water department.

Business owners said they were forced to hire Ferguson as a subcontractor or risk losing city contracts. Separately, fundraiser Emma Bell said she gave Kilpatrick more than $200,000 as his personal cut of political donations, pulling cash from her bra during private meetings. A high-ranking aide, Derrick Miller, told jurors that he often was the middle man, passing bribes from others."

Ref: CBS News

In other words he behaved as a big city mayor, . . . he just overdid it.