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Mayor Pleads Guilty, States 'I Lied Under Oath'
Mayor Out Of Office
POSTED: 4:49 pm EDT September 3, 2008
UPDATED: 11:55 am EDT September 4, 2008
DETROIT -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has accepted a plea deal in a perjury case and assault charges that will end his tenure as the city's mayor and send him to jail.
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner resided over the court case in which Kilpatrick agreed to plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice by committing perjury.
Part of the plea agreement includes immediate resignation within 14 days; pay restitution of $1 million; and four months in jail. He is also barred from running for public office for five years.
He will also have to hand over his law license and turn over his state pension to the city of Detroit.
Mayor Pleads Guilty, States 'I Lied Under Oath'
Mayor Out Of Office
POSTED: 4:49 pm EDT September 3, 2008
UPDATED: 11:55 am EDT September 4, 2008
DETROIT -- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has accepted a plea deal in a perjury case and assault charges that will end his tenure as the city's mayor and send him to jail.
Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner resided over the court case in which Kilpatrick agreed to plead guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice by committing perjury.
Part of the plea agreement includes immediate resignation within 14 days; pay restitution of $1 million; and four months in jail. He is also barred from running for public office for five years.
He will also have to hand over his law license and turn over his state pension to the city of Detroit.