Post by abtitchaz on Aug 7, 2008 19:51:40 GMT 3
Jamani wangwana leo hapa kwetu the mayor has been sent to jail for
violating probation....kimeumana!!!
DETROIT -- Judge Ronald Giles sent Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Wayne County Jail for failing to notify the court of his trip to Canada and violating the terms of his bond.
Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court beforehand, Giles said he needed to treat Kilpatrick as an ordinary citizen and sent him immediately to jail.
Giles revoked Kilpatrick's bond and suspended all travel.
"What matters to me though is how the court overall is perceived and how if it was not Kwame Kilpatrick sitting in that seat, if it was John Six-Pack sitting in that seat, what would I do? And that answer is simple," he said.
Kilpatrick's attorneys said they immediately will appeal the ruling.
"The judge did what he thought was right. We don't agree," said defense lawyer James Thomas
Before Giles made his decision, Kilpatrick addressed the court and apologized for violating his bond conditions when he went across the border last month to push the sale of the city's half of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
"Your Honor, I am asking for your forgiveness. It will never happen again," he said.
He told Giles that he violated his bond to save the city and close a $300 million deficit facing the city.
Kilpatrick continued to praise Giles and the court.
"I respect the heck out of you for taking this case under all this scrutiny," he said humbly. "I apologize. This was not at all a front to you or the court. I don't believe there is a person who has ever been through this process that respects it more than I do."
Kilpatrick also said he has been under intense pressure to continue to run the city and bear the burden and media parade of the trial.
"My life has been revolutionarily transformed and it's transforming in front of the eye of these media people who don't know me at all," he said, referring to what he called intense scrutiny. "Your honor, I ask for your forgiveness...it will never happen again."
Thomas acknowledged the mayor violated the terms of his bond, but said it was an emergency.
The judge asked. "Who was sick? Who was dying?"
"The city of Detroit was sick," Thomas said referring to the $75 million deal the mayor said would help balance Detroit's budget.
After the apology, prosecutor Moran denied the Mayor's sincerity and said he was only taking responsibility because he got caught.
"He thought he got away with it," Moran said.
Moran continued to say that he felt the mayor has not taken the entire process seriously.
Judge Giles seemed unmoved by the Mayor's apology and ordered him to jail at least for the night.
Giles recognized Kilpatrick's mayoral duties are important, but said his relationship with the court should be his first priority.
An appeal is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Friday.
Deputy Mayor Kandia Milton will act as Mayor until November while Kilpatrick is incarcerated.
Earlier Thursday, Kilpatrick waived his right to a preliminary examination and will head to trial on perjury and other criminal charges.
Kilpatrick and a former top aide Christine Beatty are charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice, all tied to their testimony in a civil trial last year.
He has denied the charges.
Both Kilpatrick and Beatty were in court on Thursday and told Judge Giles they understood their right to an exam and understood if they waived their right they would go directly to trial. Both agreed and said it would be in their best interest.
The judge bound the two over to Wayne County Circuit Court for the criminal proceedings.
They are scheduled to be arraigned in Circuit Court on Aug. 14.
www.clickondetroit.com/news/17120142/detail.html#
www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/07/mayor.jailed.ap/index.html
violating probation....kimeumana!!!
DETROIT -- Judge Ronald Giles sent Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Wayne County Jail for failing to notify the court of his trip to Canada and violating the terms of his bond.
Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court beforehand, Giles said he needed to treat Kilpatrick as an ordinary citizen and sent him immediately to jail.
Giles revoked Kilpatrick's bond and suspended all travel.
"What matters to me though is how the court overall is perceived and how if it was not Kwame Kilpatrick sitting in that seat, if it was John Six-Pack sitting in that seat, what would I do? And that answer is simple," he said.
Kilpatrick's attorneys said they immediately will appeal the ruling.
"The judge did what he thought was right. We don't agree," said defense lawyer James Thomas
Before Giles made his decision, Kilpatrick addressed the court and apologized for violating his bond conditions when he went across the border last month to push the sale of the city's half of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
"Your Honor, I am asking for your forgiveness. It will never happen again," he said.
He told Giles that he violated his bond to save the city and close a $300 million deficit facing the city.
Kilpatrick continued to praise Giles and the court.
"I respect the heck out of you for taking this case under all this scrutiny," he said humbly. "I apologize. This was not at all a front to you or the court. I don't believe there is a person who has ever been through this process that respects it more than I do."
Kilpatrick also said he has been under intense pressure to continue to run the city and bear the burden and media parade of the trial.
"My life has been revolutionarily transformed and it's transforming in front of the eye of these media people who don't know me at all," he said, referring to what he called intense scrutiny. "Your honor, I ask for your forgiveness...it will never happen again."
Thomas acknowledged the mayor violated the terms of his bond, but said it was an emergency.
The judge asked. "Who was sick? Who was dying?"
"The city of Detroit was sick," Thomas said referring to the $75 million deal the mayor said would help balance Detroit's budget.
After the apology, prosecutor Moran denied the Mayor's sincerity and said he was only taking responsibility because he got caught.
"He thought he got away with it," Moran said.
Moran continued to say that he felt the mayor has not taken the entire process seriously.
Judge Giles seemed unmoved by the Mayor's apology and ordered him to jail at least for the night.
Giles recognized Kilpatrick's mayoral duties are important, but said his relationship with the court should be his first priority.
An appeal is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Friday.
Deputy Mayor Kandia Milton will act as Mayor until November while Kilpatrick is incarcerated.
Earlier Thursday, Kilpatrick waived his right to a preliminary examination and will head to trial on perjury and other criminal charges.
Kilpatrick and a former top aide Christine Beatty are charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice, all tied to their testimony in a civil trial last year.
He has denied the charges.
Both Kilpatrick and Beatty were in court on Thursday and told Judge Giles they understood their right to an exam and understood if they waived their right they would go directly to trial. Both agreed and said it would be in their best interest.
The judge bound the two over to Wayne County Circuit Court for the criminal proceedings.
They are scheduled to be arraigned in Circuit Court on Aug. 14.
www.clickondetroit.com/news/17120142/detail.html#
www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/07/mayor.jailed.ap/index.html
