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Associated Press DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit contractor who got millions of dollars of city work through extortion will be released early from prison. Judge Nancy Edmunds is citing Bobby Ferguson s health. But the judge also says it would be unfair to keep Ferguson locked up when former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released by President Donald Trump. It would be inequitable to require Defendant to complete the lengthy sentence originally imposed while the more culpable co-defendant, who initially received an even lengthier sentence, has been released, Edmunds wrote.
Ferguson has hypertension, high cholesterol, and reduced lung capacity conditions that all put him at greater risk for COVID-19. According to the opinion, Ferguson says he has strong support from his wife and five adult children, and he ll live with his wife upon release.
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Great example of clemency leading to more compassion . in the form of compassionate release thanks to FIRST STEP Act reforms
I am not sure if anyone is trying to make a comprehensive list of the wide array of factors that federal courts have referenced in granting sentence reductions under the (so-called compassionate release) statutory provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) ever since the FIRST STEP Act allowed federal courts to directly reduce sentence without awaiting a motion by the Bureau of Prisons. Thankfully, district and circuit court have consistently recognized that, in the word of the Second Circuit in
Kwame Kilpatrick s friend Bobby Ferguson granted compassionate release from prison
Ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick s friend Bobby Ferguson has been granted compassionate release from prison, according to court documents filed Thursday.
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(WXYZ) â Ex-Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick s friend Bobby Ferguson has been granted compassionate release from prison, according to court documents filed Thursday.
The motion reads in part, not only has Defendant served a slightly longer term of imprisonment than a more culpable co-defendant, but his motion comes during an unprecedented global pandemic and Defendant has an increased vulnerability to the virus.
Bobby Ferguson, friend of Kwame Kilpatrick, granted compassionate release from prison
Judge grants Ferguson release based partly on Kilpatrick’s early release
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DETROIT – Bobby Ferguson has been granted early release from prison, according to court documents filed Thursday.
United States District Court Judge Nancy G. Edmunds filed an opinion granting Ferguson, the longtime friend of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, a compassionate release due to “extraordinary and compelling reasons warranting a sentence reduction in this case.”
“(Ferguson) served a slightly longer term of imprisonment than a more culpable co-defendant (Kilpatrick) . his motion comes during an unprecedented global pandemic and Defendant has an increased vulnerability to the virus,” reads the opinion in part.
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Detroit A federal judge Thursday freed contractor Bobby Ferguson from federal prison on compassionate grounds after he served only eight years of a 21-year sentence for helping former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick turn City Hall into a criminal enterprise.
The move by U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds shortens one of the longest sentences for public corruption in U.S. history and alters punishment for participating in a racketeering conspiracy that helped push Detroit to the brink of bankruptcy.
The order sends him home three months after Kilpatrick s conviction was commuted by President Donald Trump. Ferguson, 52, will still be required to pay $6,284,000 restitution to the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department.