'Kwame Kilpatrick's punishment of a 28-year sentence did not fit the crime,' said Reverend Keyon S. Payton, National Director Community Outreach and Engagement for Ebony Magazine.
Former mayor of Detroit, Michigan Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to be released from federal prison after serving only seven years of a 28-year sentence.Magazine, the NAACP and the National Baptist Convention of America, had lobbied for his release.
After five inmates died as a result of coronavirus in the prison where Kilpatrick was held, Attorney General William Barr asked that qualifying prisoners be remanded to home confinement. Kilpatrick is expected to go through a quarantine period before entering home confinement in June. "While there has been a lot of debate about [Kilpatrick's] guilt or innocence, we were arguing neither, rather, we were opposing the excessive nature and length of his sentence," said Reverend Keyon S. Payton, National Director Community Outreach and Engagement forMagazine in a Friday statement."Kwame Kilpatrick's punishment of a 28-year sentence did not fit the crime." Michigan state representative Karen Whitsett told Detroit television station WJBK on Thursday that she had been personally told by President Donald Trump that Kilpatrick would be released.reached out to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons for comment. This story will be updated with any response. Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to be released from federal prison after serving seven years of a 28-year-long sentence,In 2018, Kilpatrick wrote a blog post in which he hoped to receive a pardon from the president."My family has forgiven me," Kilpatrick said."I have asked the people of the city of Detroit for forgiveness many times, and most Detroiters have forgiven me, as well." Kilpatrick resigned as mayor in 2008 after a scandal involving an affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. He was also accused of having three police officers removed from their positions. When the officers filed suit against the city, Kilpatrick allegedly used public funds to settle the lawsuit. Kilpatrick and Beatty attempted to keep their affair secret but text messages between the two were uncovered. As a result, Kilpatrick was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice. As part of a plea deal, Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. Kilpatrick was also made to forfeit his law license and pay the city of Detroit $1 million in restitution. After an investigation by federal authorities, Kilpatrick was indicted in 2013 on 24 felony counts, including racketeering, mail fraud and wire fraud. According to information from the FBI, Kilpatrick took over $500,000 from state funds and non-profit organizations. He allegedly spent the money on vacations, spa visits and golf clubs.
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