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DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served more than seven years of a 28-year prison sentence for corruption crimes, was released from federal prison Wednesday after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman told The Associated Press.The announcement came in a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump s White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rappers, former members of Congress and other Trump
Trump Commutes Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentence
Before leaving the White House President Trump issued several pardons and commutations as is a standard act of all departing Presidents. One of the people who got their sentence commuted was Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Mayor of Detroit. Mr. Kilpatrick has only served seven of the twenty right years he was sentenced for corruption. He was released from prison on Wednesday according to the bureau of prisons.
The White House said prominent members of the Detroit community supported the 50-year-old Democrat’s commutation. “During his incarceration, Mr. Kilpatrick has taught public speaking classes and has led Bible Study groups with his fellow inmates.”
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