Quote Originally Posted by swingline View Post
Our former mayor probably will get a pardon/commutation sometime before his sentence ends. His sentence is perhaps the harshest ever given to someone convicted of public corruption. The pardon certainly won't come from President Obama. It won't come for at least a decade. He will have to become a model prisoner and he will have to admit to his guilt. And by participating in the process he will also have to acknowledge the crimes of his co-conspirator and best friend, Mr. Ferguson.
It's entirely possible that President Obama would shorten Kilpatrick's prison term. Not a pardon though but it would be a mistake either way.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015...dents-combined

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016...48-individuals

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...-reform-120102