Kilpatrick blamed his loss on the racial make-up of the jury and vowed to appeal.
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Rep. KILPATRICK: And I speak for the Congressional Black Caucus 100 percent on this issue.
But Mayor Kilpatrick is in a lot of hot water with other people out there.
The second concerns Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit's black former mayor, who has pleaded guilty to two felonies.
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But Mr Kilpatrick's handling of the allegations so far seems to show both poor judgment and inexperience.
The government said Kilpatrick abused the Civic Fund, a nonprofit fund he created to help distressed Detroit residents.
Kilpatrick described three other options on the table: One includes a "redo, " with the state paying the cost.
Kilpatrick, who was convicted of an array of racketeering and extortion charges, faces at least 20 years in prison.
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While Kilpatrick was serving that sentence, he was indicted on 19 federal counts of fraud and tax evasion.
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Kilpatrick had defended his spending as necessary for the prestige of his position.
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Prosecutors said Kilpatrick ran a "private profit machine" out of Detroit's City Hall.
The wall runs 37 miles from Bo'ness to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire.
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For all these reasons, the fate of Mr Kilpatrick matters, not only to Detroit, but to Michigan and beyond.
Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years behind bars.
The texts, sent using city owned equipment, also revealed something more: evidence that Kilpatrick lied under oath at the 2007 trial.
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His father, Bernard Kilpatrick, was also indicted, along with other city workers.
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Among the allegations was the claim that Kilpatrick used a tax-exempt charity, the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, as his own personal piggy bank.
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But Mr Kilpatrick portrayed him as a lackey of the white suburbs.
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Derrick Miller, a former Kilpatrick aide, entered into a plea agreement last year and is expected to testify against his former associates.
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Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, was found guilty of a single tax count, and not guilty on two others charges, according to WDIV.
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Kilpatrick knows something about the growing power of technology to track individuals.
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Wright drained consecutive 3s, Parker added another and Kilpatrick hit a jumper.
Kilpatrick, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, has not endorsed a candidate.
But like any good privacy paranoiac, Kilpatrick can easily imagine how the face-tracking software he sells can be used for less benevolent purposes.
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Bernard Kilpatrick was convicted on a tax charge, but there was no verdict on the racketeering charge and he was acquitted on two others.
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Several businessmen testified that they showered Kilpatrick with trips, custom-made suits and jewelry because they wanted his help in doing business with the city.
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The political ascent of Mr Kilpatrick, who is still only 32, gave hope that his charisma might bridge the gap between those two worlds.
Kilpatrick fired back, again, at his critics, using his 2008 State of the City Address as an opportunity to paint himself as a victim.
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The jury could not reach a verdict on the same charge for Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick, but convicted him of submitting a false tax return.
One of them is Democratic Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick of Michigan.
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