Should Ex-Detroit/Sexting Mayor Have to Share a Cell With a Convicted Murderer?
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2011/04/08 15:00:00
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It’s hard to think of a way for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to sink much further.
After a rocket ride to prominence, Kilpatrick was undone by a series of scandals, ending with a 10-felony count indictment for charges including perjury and obstruction of justice. And that came after a stripper-fueled party at the mayoral mansion that ended in a brawl between Kilpatrick’s wife and a dancer (who was later murdered with a gun similar to the one used by the Detroit Police Department) and a sexting scandal involving his chief of staff.
Oh wait, here’s how it could get worse for Kilpatrick: according to The Associated Press, he is currently sharing a prison cell in the state prison in Jackson county with a convicted killer. A prison spokesperson wouldn’t reveal the name of the inmate sharing a bunk bed with the former mayor, but he did say that the man has served 10 years of a minimum 23-year sentence for second-degree murder.
Kilpatrick is behind bars for a probation violation in a 2008 criminal case and was transferred Wednesday to the state prison from a federal prison so he can start the parole process. He also still awaits trial on a variety of federal corruption charges.
And the hits just keep on coming. Now that the state has its hands on him again, a corrections department spokesperson said it will investigate an allegation that Kilpatrick touched his wife’s breast during a prison visit last year.
Should Kilpatrick be locked up with a convicted killer?
After a rocket ride to prominence, Kilpatrick was undone by a series of scandals, ending with a 10-felony count indictment for charges including perjury and obstruction of justice. And that came after a stripper-fueled party at the mayoral mansion that ended in a brawl between Kilpatrick’s wife and a dancer (who was later murdered with a gun similar to the one used by the Detroit Police Department) and a sexting scandal involving his chief of staff.
Oh wait, here’s how it could get worse for Kilpatrick: according to The Associated Press, he is currently sharing a prison cell in the state prison in Jackson county with a convicted killer. A prison spokesperson wouldn’t reveal the name of the inmate sharing a bunk bed with the former mayor, but he did say that the man has served 10 years of a minimum 23-year sentence for second-degree murder.
Kilpatrick is behind bars for a probation violation in a 2008 criminal case and was transferred Wednesday to the state prison from a federal prison so he can start the parole process. He also still awaits trial on a variety of federal corruption charges.
And the hits just keep on coming. Now that the state has its hands on him again, a corrections department spokesperson said it will investigate an allegation that Kilpatrick touched his wife’s breast during a prison visit last year.
Should Kilpatrick be locked up with a convicted killer?
Top Opinion
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thefatguy 2011/04/08 15:20:14Yes
+10Violating the public trust is a very serious crime. No mercy for politicians who defraud the taxpayers! Let them rot with the vermin. Actually, I feel sorry for the poor murderer having to be in the same cell with the mayor. Now, THAT is cruel and unusual punishment!
Shut up!
Some of these S&L scoundrels got away without prison time (Neil Bush), when they ruined people's lives. They stole the retirement funds of thousands of elderly people, but since they didn't wave a gun while they were doing it, it was okay? Because they were wearing a tie while they committed their crime they don't have to go to prison?
One jail system. That's my solution. If you need to go to jail, you go to the same jail everyone else who needs to go to jail goes to. No more buying your way out. And the way to make space in the jails is to release everyone who is in for simple possession. Yes, in New York State, there are still people locked up in the maximum security prisons for having an amount of marijuana that could be reasonably assumed to be only for personal use. Now that's unreasonable.
Some criminals get more time then others, and people like Kwame, ALWAYS have a highly placed friend to soften the blow, bet most of his drama ends up gone and he ends up out and with a decent job, unlike the guy who robs the convenient mart.
Goes to show you that MOMMY can not get him out of JAIL FREE.
I've got about 10 years work in the prison system, not all people convicted of murder are the same. Most times, you're better off being locked up with a murderer than a thief or rapist.