Detroit Mayor Goes Directly To Jail !
Mayor Transported To Jail Judge Revokes Bond, Suspends Travel August 7, 2008 DETROIT -- Judge Ronald Giles sent Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Wayne County Jail for failing to notify the court of his trip to Canada and violating the terms of his bond. Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court beforehand, Giles said he needed to treat Kilpatrick as an ordinary citizen and sent him immediately to jail. Giles revoked Kilpatrick's bond and suspended all travel. "What matters to me though is how the court overall is perceived and how if it was not Kwame Kilpatrick sitting in that seat, if it was John Six-Pack sitting in that seat, what would I do? And that answer is simple," he said. Kilpatrick's attorneys said they immediately will appeal the ruling. "The judge did what he thought was right. We don't agree," said defense lawyer James Thomas LINK
Mayor Transported To Jail Judge Revokes Bond, Suspends Travel August 7, 2008 DETROIT -- Judge Ronald Giles sent Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Wayne County Jail for failing to notify the court of his trip to Canada and violating the terms of his bond. Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court beforehand, Giles said he needed to treat Kilpatrick as an ordinary citizen and sent him immediately to jail. Giles revoked Kilpatrick's bond and suspended all travel. "What matters to me though is how the court overall is perceived and how if it was not Kwame Kilpatrick sitting in that seat, if it was John Six-Pack sitting in that seat, what would I do? And that answer is simple," he said. Kilpatrick's attorneys said they immediately will appeal the ruling. "The judge did what he thought was right. We don't agree," said defense lawyer James Thomas LINK