But he's had so many, I think had Judge Groner done anything else, that would've caused a problem.ĬOX: Craig, one of the things that happened in the first trial of Kwame Brown was they had the text messages, so they had him cold, so to speak. I think that Kwame Kilpatrick and his family might've been surprised, because they thought that he'd get one more chance. There were people who were not surprised that he was going to go to prison. And the answer is no, you have to follow the law. RILEY: Well, the city of Detroit is predominantly African-American so the split isn't racial, it's old school and new school - whether the old ways of doing things should be given a chance to fade away before you have to start doing things like following the law. So I think people thought he was going to go to jail, perhaps, but I don't think a lot of people expected prison, at least not in the length that could be over a year and a half.ĬOX: Rochelle, is the city of Detroit racially polarized over this? There were audible gasps in the court room yesterday when the sentence was handed down. However, the state guidelines don't usually recommend prison for this type of a situation, this type of a nonviolent crime. Of course this is what the prosecution had been pushing for. It's hard to imagine that this came as a surprise given the former mayor's long-running problems, but just let me ask you straight out, was it a surprise the sentence?įAHLE: I think it was at least the length of the sentence. ROCHELLE RILEY (Columnist, Detroit Free Press): Thank you.ĬOX: Craig, let me begin with you. With me from Detroit now, the Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley, and Craig Fahle of the Craig Fahle Show on NPR member station WDET. That claim led to hearings which found that he hid money in bank accounts controlled by his wife Kilpatrick claimed he could not afford it. He was ordered to pay $1 million in restitution. Last year he pled guilty to obstruction of justice after sexually explicit text messages showed he had lied under oath about an affair with a staff member. Kilpatrick received a sentence of up to five years for violating the terms of his probation. I don't think that anybody has a chance to move forward, so I respectfully, humbly ask with everything that's in me to be free, to continue to be on probation.ĬOX: But it was not enough to convince the judge. As long as I'm back here, back here, thrown in jail, I never thought in a million years that I'd ever go to jail in my life. KWAME KILPATRICK (Former Mayor, Detroit): Over and over again in this city, every time I come, I'm the guy in the text messages. Prior to the judge's ruling, the mayor delivered this emotional plea. We now move on to Detroit, which witnessed the dramatic sentencing of disgraced former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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