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Prosecution in Ex-Detroit Mayor Case Rests: Defense Starts Its Offense With a Whimper

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — After 4 1/2 months and about 80 witnesses, the prosecution in the federal trial of the ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick rested Thursday morning, opening the door for the defense to begin calling witnesses in what’s expected to take less than two weeks. But things didn’t go so great for…

Disgraced Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Pleads Poverty: Gets Fed Court Appointed Attorney

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Disgraced ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who lived the good life on the outside, is getting a federally court-appointed attorney after pleading poverty Tuesday during his arraignment on federal corruption charges in Detroit, the Detroit News reported. The News reported that Kilpatrick, clad in a jail suit, said “that is correct” when…