Kwame Kilpatrick Biography

Kwame Kilpatrick is a former American politician. He had served as a Democratic Michigan state representative and later as the mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. At the age of 31, he had become the youngest mayor ever to be elected in the city`s history. However, in 2005, he was also listed as one of the worst mayors in the country, by TIME magazine. In September 2008, he had to resign from his position after he was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice. He also received a sentence of four months in jail, but was released after 99 days on probation. In May 2010, he was again sentenced to eighteen months to five years in state prison due to violation of his probation. In 2013, he was again convicted of 24 federal felony counts, which included wire fraud, mail fraud and racketeering. He was eventually sentenced to 28 years in federal prison in October 2013. He has also co-written a memoir `Surrendered: The Rise, Fall & Revelation of Kwame Kilpatrick`, which was published in August 2011. He also appeared at public events throughout the city to promote the book.