Detroit’s Ex-Mayor Sentenced to 28 Years for Corruption
This article is for subscribers only.
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison for public corruption as U.S. prosecutors sought to link his conduct to the city’s bankruptcy, which came almost five years after he left office.
The 43-year-old Democrat, who was mayor from 2002 until 2008, was found guilty in March of 24 counts of racketeering conspiracy, extortion, bribery and tax evasion. An associate, contractor Bobby Ferguson, was also convicted on multiple charges, and his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, was found guilty of filing a false tax return. They will be sentenced on later dates.