World News – US – Sister claims ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to be released from prison this week

DETROIT – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is set to be released from prison this week, after serving seven years of a 28-year sentence for his role in a major corruption scandal, according to Kilpatrick’s sister

« Due to serious health concerns, we expect Kwame Kilpatrick to receive a grant for the humanitarian release of COVID-19 from FBOP this week, » Ayanna Kilpatrick tweeted on Sunday evening.

As of Sunday evening, Kilpatrick’s release date is still listed as January 18, 2037 in the Bureau of Prison’s inmate directory Earlier this year, Kilpatrick’s family believed he would be released on charges of COVID-19 , but the request was rejected by the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Kilpatrick, 50, is currently serving a 28-year sentence at Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, Louisiana

Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison in 2013 after being convicted of racketeering, mail fraud, and wire fraud, among other charges He has been fighting his sentence since The 6th Circuit Court of Appeal had rejected his original appeal of his conviction and sentence He filed another petition in 2017 to quash his prison sentence, which was dismissed by a district court judge

In 2019 he was again denied by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals In 2018, Kilpatrick wrote a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting that his sentence be commuted

In January 2020 billionaire Peter Karmanos, a longtime friend of Kilpatrick, said he was working to secure the former mayor’s presidential pardon Karmanos spoke on Charlie LeDuff’s podcast, hinting that Kilpatrick was the victim of a political conspiracy and that he will use his influence with President Donald Trump to get him released from prison

In February 2020, Detroit State Rep Sherry Gay-Dagnogo attended the National Celebration of African American History at the White House after talks with President Trump’s team over the issue of Kilpatrick Gay-Dagnogo a brought a letter signed by politicians and pastors across the state asking for commutation of sentence

In May, despite his family’s belief that he would be released, Kilpatrick’s request for early release due to COVID-19 was rejected by the Federal Bureau of Prisons

Kilpatrick was mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008 He resigned in 2008 following the corruption scandal Before becoming mayor, Kilpatrick served on the Michigan State House of Representative

Ken Haddad is the Digital Content Manager for WDIV / ClickOnDetroitcom He is also the author of the Morning Report newsletter

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