Kwame Kilpatrick. The End.

**Lowell** · June-27-16, 10:15 AM

It appears the final song in the Kwame Kilpatrick saga has been sung. His appeal has been rejected by the Supreme Court meaning the lower court convictions will remain in place.

He has been such a big part of the Detroit media discussion for so long it's going to seem a bit strange not to hear about him.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/2016...peal/86424366/

**Bobl** · June-27-16, 11:42 AM

I was going to post a negative remark about the Kilpatrick crowd and the McNamara group, but perhaps this is the time for some positivity, even from this old Cass Corridor veteran. We are moving forward, I think!

**belleislerunner** · June-27-16, 11:53 AM

Until President Obama issues him a pardon on January 19 =)

**One Shot** · June-27-16, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by belleislerunner

Until President Obama issues him a pardon on January 19 =)

Just read federal means he must wait 5 years from conviction to ask so we're good there.

**Hermod** · June-27-16, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by One Shot

Just read federal means he must wait 5 years from conviction to ask so we're good there.

No, the President can pardon anyone, anytime. He could stroke a pen tomorrow and pardon Kwame. Somehow, I do not think he is going to do it.

**SyGolden48236** · June-27-16, 05:32 PM

Paragraph 3 in this link from the Department of Justice describes a 5 year waiting period for a Presidential pardon: https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardo...d-instructions

Thankfully Barack Hussein Obama will be just a bad memory in 206 days, long before the five year waiting period has elapsed.

**Baselinepunk** · June-27-16, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by belleislerunner

Until President Obama issues him a pardon on January 19 =)

You get on your high hobby horse and chastise a poster on another thread about them pointing out a "black hockey player", then you turn around and re-enforce a negative stereotype regarding the President of the United States and a corrupt former Detroit Mayor.

Typical.

You are the one who should be ashamed of themselves.

**EastsideAl** · June-28-16, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Baselinepunk

You get on your high hobby horse and chastise a poster on another thread about them pointing out a "black hockey player", then you turn around and re-enforce a negative stereotype regarding the President of the United States and a corrupt former Detroit Mayor.

Typical.

You are the one who should be ashamed of themselves.

That's because, as he has shown time and again, he's a race-baiting jerk. Better suited to the Detroit News comments sections than this forum.

**Dennis2021** · July-03-16, 03:53 PM

Good laugh!!

**Bigdd** · June-27-16, 01:58 PM

Barack isn't black,.. he's Indonesian. So even if he was known for acting out of racism,.. there's no reason to believe he would pardon Kwamee.

Now if Kwamee were gay,.. that would be a different story,..

**Hermod** · June-27-16, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Bigdd

Barack isn't black,.. he's Indonesian.

SHHHH. Don't talk so loud, you might stir up virulent members of his fan club.

**evergreen** · June-28-16, 04:29 PM

Kwame, like all federal prisoners, is eligible to seek commutation of his sentence. If successful, his sentence could be reduced to time served or simply a shorter length than his original sentence. And yes, the president has the authority to do so. Don't confuse this with a pardon.

**lpg** · June-30-16, 03:13 PM

Would like to see Kilpatrick sharing a cell with Ficano. Also saw the 2 YouTube videos about "Free Kwame". Too bad it's Illegal to take a dump in a envelope and mail it to him as a donation.

**Hypestyles** · July-01-16, 08:51 AM

I predict that there will eventually be a TV movie or mini-series, either directly or loosely based on this saga. Already the FX dramatized OJ Simpson trial mini-series [[and the ESPN documentary) apparently received very good ratings.

**compn** · July-02-16, 07:50 PM

yeah but OJ was a celebrity. with a televised court and televised bronco chase.

kwame? just another mayor. like marion barry. did marion ever get a movie ?

what about blago? Blagojevich was Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison. illinoise corruption? think he'll get a commutation? i dont think so.

obama has been very weird about his pardons and commutations and DOJ prosecutions. on one hand he gets the cocaine and crack cocaine sentences normalized and asks something like 20,000 prisoners to ask for a pardon. then on the other hand, only pardons people who have already done 10-20 years, but still leaves them in for the remainder of the year.

http://www.kgw.com/news/investigatio...-pot/229023551

**Lowell** · July-02-16, 09:41 PM

Agree with Compn. Kwame was never a national celebrity, Heisman Trophy winner, NFL superstar, and national TV commentator all followed by a riveting international scale showcase trial. He was just another petty local political crook leeching off a struggling city. He does have a woman in the story with the Beatty affair, but even that's not that interesting or compelling either.

IMO the real story of Kwame, if there is one, is what he could have been had he not succumbed to greed, lust and ego. He was young, brilliant, energetic, charismatic and with all the connections in the world. He could have been the perfect aspirational leader to lead Detroit's revival and more. In the end he would have made far more money than he ever could have stolen and been loved, honored and a legend.

Instead he's just a big man in a tiny cell, separated from his beautiful kids and loyal wife. If there ever is a movie its title should be Why??

It's so sad. What a waste.

**Danny** · July-03-16, 08:14 AM

That's it. KING KWAME, THE BLACK GODFATHER of Detroit is staying in Club Fed in a dark wet danky cell to serve the rest of his sentence. We will see you after 2034! Let's see you can run for mayor or any political office while you in your 60s.

**Zacha341** · July-03-16, 08:47 AM

Yep, yes! YES! What could have been will not be. Sad indeed.

Originally Posted by Lowell

...IMO the real story of Kwame, if there is one, is what he could have been had he not succumbed to greed, lust and ego. He was young, brilliant, energetic, charismatic and with all the connections in the world. He could have been the perfect aspirational leader to lead Detroit's revival and more. In the end he would have made far more money than he ever could have stolen and been loved, honored and a legend.

Instead he's just a big man in a tiny cell, separated from his beautiful kids and loyal wife. If there ever is a movie its title should be Why??

It's so sad. What a waste.

**compn** · July-05-16, 06:16 PM

no one will commute nor pardon him until they find all that money they say he stole.

**Honky Tonk** · July-06-16, 05:31 PM

From Mr. Kilpatrick's Facebook post.

http://bit.ly/29oKZm2

**lpg** · July-06-16, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

From Mr. Kilpatrick's Facebook post.

http://bit.ly/29oKZm2

Wow, Just wow. Mrs. Kilpatrick raised a saint.

**Bobl** · July-06-16, 10:11 PM

I see some "non profit" schemes, with tax subsidies, in his future, likely a church.

**Dumpling** · July-10-16, 03:44 PM

[[Whoops! There goes my halo!) Well. Carmen Slowski.

[[Adjusts halo back.) There is indeed a culture of wise ones behind the
nation's prison bars.

**Towne Cluber** · August-03-16, 04:08 PM

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...ions/88007750/

Unfortunately, I really get the feeling that President Obama is going to commute Kilpatrick's sentence down to 15-20 years. There's no way that he's going to let a record-tying [[public corruption) sentence of a black man [[and fellow Democrat, whom he has met) stand on his watch.

**Richard** · August-03-16, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Towne Cluber

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...ions/88007750/

Unfortunately, I really get the feeling that President Obama is going to commute Kilpatrick's sentence down to 15-20 years. There's no way that he's going to let a record-tying [[public corruption) sentence of a black man [[and fellow Democrat, whom he has met) stand on his watch.

He was sentenced by today's standards,the commuted sentences were concidered excessive I.E. 20 years for a crack rock.He is not going to get that lucky because it is to early to determine that his sentence is excessive.