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DETROIT - OCTOBER 28: Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears in Wayne County Circuit Court for his sentencing October 28, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. Kilpatrick will spend 4 months in jail as part of a plea deal he accepted back in September in which he plead guilty to two felonies and no contest to a felony assault charge. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Kwame Asks President Trump For Prison Release

Brian Ives // Managing Editor, Beasley Media June 17th, 2018

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick asks President Donald Trump for pardon

In a Facebook post, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick asks President Donald Trump for a pardon or clemency from the 28-year prison sentence he is currently serving for corruption. A pardon would eliminate Kilpatrick's convictions, while clemency would shorten his sentence. "Our country has always been the land of 2nd Chances!"