Kwame Kilpatrick Finally Gives In and Resigns

He finally admitted being guilty about lying under oath. But what about the rest of the crap you've done mister ex-Mayor? When will you come clean about all of your dirty dealings, and how you were behind the death of that young lady who stripped at your home?

I'm sure my questions fall upon deaf ears, but I don't care. Someone needs to start holding our government officials responsible for their actions. Not just some; But ALL of them.

Today Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges in the sex scandal, forcing him out of office after months he spent months defiantly holding onto his job leading and still lying about his actions. He was ordered jailed for four months and fined $1 million.

"I lied under oath," Kilpatrick said in court. This plea deal finally gives the people of Detroit closure into a uneccessarily long seven-month ordeal that has been a really taken away from the attention that the troubled city has, including having some of the highest home foreclosure and unemployment rates in the country, and their loss of population, high crime and racial tension.

The Detroit city charter automatically expels any mayor guilty of a felony. A one-sentence letter signed by Kilpatrick and filed with the court states his resignation will take effect Sept. 18. City Council President Ken Cockrel Jr. will succeed Kilpatrick as mayor until a special election is held. As part of Thursday's deal, the 38-year-old Democrat is to serve four months in jail and five years of probation. He also would pay the $1 million in restitution over the five-year probationary period, cannot run for any elected office for five years and loses his law license.

During a separate hearing moments after Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner accepted the mayor's plea, Kilpatrick offered a no contest plea in an assault case. The judge also accepted that plea, which called for Kilpatrick to serve a four-month jail sentence that would run at the same time. Kilpatrick had faced 10 felony counts in the two separate criminal cases. Groner asked Kilpatrick if he understood he was giving up the right to be innocent until proven guilty.

"I gave that up a long time ago," Kilpatrick replied. Dang! Kilpatrick also read a statement in court and admitted his guilt, saying "I lied under oath ... I did so with an intent to mislead the court and jury and to impede and obstruct the fair administration of justice."

The married mayor and former top aide Christine Beatty were charged in March with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. They're accused of lying under oath about an affair and their roles in the firing of a deputy police chief. Beatty did not plead guilty and next will appear in court on Sept. 11. Groner said a plea deal in Beatty's case appeared likely.

The mayor will be sentenced on Oct. 28. He will report to jail that day, said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.

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